US gives more food aid to Sri Lanka
August 10th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Colombo, Aug 10 (IANS) The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a new donation of $15 million of food aid to support the early return of people displaced by war in Sri Lanka’s north.
Consisting of wheat, lentils and vegetable oil, USAID’s second shipment of vital food aid this year will be consigned to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and will fulfill the essential food needs of 300,000 people for four months, a US embassy statement said.
All these people were displaced by months of fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and now live in camps.
With this latest donation, USAID has provided nearly $59 million of food aid in 2008 and 2009.
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