Gennem sit Feed the Future program vil USA yde økonomisk støtte til en region med kronisk fødevaremangel og truende fejlernæring.
KAMPALA – USA planlægger at donere mere end 9 millioner dollars til FN’s Verdensfødevareprogram (WFP) til støtte for flygtninge, underernærede børn og andre sårbare grupper i Karamoja regionen i det Nordøstlige Uganda. Bidraget bliver givet på vegne af det amerikanske folk.
Feed the Future strengthens strategic coordination to mobilize and align the resources of diverse partners and stakeholders – including the international community, the private sector, and civil society. It leverages the benefits of institutions such as WFP, to address both the immediate and longer-term impacts of hunger. Feed the Future is designed to reduce hunger and poverty through a comprehensive approach that accelerates agricultural-led growth, reduces undernutrition, and increases the impact of humanitarian food assistance.
WFP, through relief and nutrition programmes complements its expanded Karamoja Productive Assets Program, which continues to assist the Government of Uganda in finding lasting solutions to vulnerability and hunger in the region. Channeled through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund II, the assets programme encourages able-bodied heads of households to engage in building community assets that can strengthen livelihoods. This will help communities to overcome hunger and dependency on food assistance.
