“We know that for every U.S. dollar invested, the economic return is more than six dollars in improved health and educational outcomes. Also, children who receive school meals tend to stay in school one year longer than those who don’t,” said U.S. Ambassador Rena Bitter.
The impacts of conflicts, natural disasters and crop failures are not ‘gender neutral’. Gender considerations are critical to humanitarian action as crises impact the lives of women and men, girls and boys in different ways.
Senator Lugar was a champion of American global leadership and a pragmatic, bipartisan champion of peace through international engagement.
Prolonged droughts followed by heavy rain have destroyed more than half of the corn and bean crops that subsistence farmers rely on to survive.
The funds, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace, will support immediate food needs in the worst-affected areas of the country.
The successful scale-up has been made possible by the generosity of donors. However, WFP still requires $130 million to be able to fully implement its response through June.
The contribution, provided through the USAID Office of Food for Peace, will support immediate food needs in the most affected areas of Manicaland Province.
Almost 60 WFP staff have been deployed to Mozambique and 45 more are on the way. WFP requires $140 million to continue life-saving operations for the next three months.
The General Mills Foundation recently announced a continuation of support of its malnutrition prevention efforts through nutritional fortification in India’s mid-day school meals program.
WFP on Friday declared the Mozambique flood crisis a Level 3 emergency, putting it among a handful of top response priorities for the organization.
