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WFP Lao PDR Country Brief, October 2020 Format 222.7 mt of food distributed 109,375 people assisted Operational Updates • As part of the COVID-19 response, WFP is providing food assistance to returning migrant labourers in six COVID-19 quarantine centres in Lao PDR through partnerships with World Vision International and the Swiss Red Cross. During October, WFP provided over 56,877 nutritious meals to a total of 3,380 beneficiaries (1,652 women) at a total cost of USD 108,148. • During October, WFP delivered trainings to 35 community rice bank management committees in Sanamxai and Kaleum ...

Dollars in disaster relief. >> we want to just say thank you to all of the folks who have been involved in this. we're proud of you. we appreciate what you do each and every day. so for folks all around the country, i hope you are reminded ofç how important our fire departments are, our forest services, sometimes they don't get the credit that they deserve until your house is burning down. >> but there's a bigger question tonight about why these fires are worse than they have ever been before. experts say we're seeing a real evidence of global climate change. >> let me show you how hot it's ...

We kl provide all the resources. we can make sure they're well coordinated. as i just told these firefighters what we can't do is provide them with the courage and the determination and the professionalism, the heart that they show when they're out there battling these fires. when we had a chance on-site to see some guys who had just saved three homes in a community that had been devastated, for those families, the work and the sacrifice of those firefighters means the world to them. and they are genuine heroes. so we want to just say thank you to all of the folk whose have been involved in th...

suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. >> reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. >> it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. >> this time it happene...