{"id":94636,"date":"2022-11-21T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/algeria\/world-food-programme-wfp-welcomes-e5-8-million-from-the-european-union-to-support-sahrawi-refugees-in-algeria\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:00:12","slug":"world-food-programme-wfp-welcomes-e5-8-million-from-the-european-union-to-support-sahrawi-refugees-in-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/algeria\/world-food-programme-wfp-welcomes-e5-8-million-from-the-european-union-to-support-sahrawi-refugees-in-algeria\/","title":{"rendered":"World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes \u20ac5.8 million from the European Union to support Sahrawi refugees in Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a \u20ac5.8 million (US$ 6 million) humanitarian grant from the European Union (EU) to cover the basic food needs of Sahrawi refugees living in Tindouf in south-west Algeria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s contribution comes at a critical time when WFP\u2019s funding needs for Algeria have reached an all-time high in 2022. Earlier this year, WFP was already forced to reduce the size of rations distributed in the camps over a period of six months, from March to August, due to a lack of funds. Today, rising food prices are still outpacing new funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new financial contribution shows European solidarity with the Sahrawi refugees, who are dependent on humanitarian aid for their survival,\u201d said European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenar\u010di\u010d. \u201cThe EU calls on other donors to increase their financial allocations for food assistance to avoid a new reduction in food rations and an increase of malnutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s grant will help WFP provide vulnerable refugees with food rations that include cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and sugar. WFP will also provide pregnant and nursing mothers as well as children under five with specialized nutritional assistance to treat and prevent malnutrition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely grateful to the EU for stepping up its support to WFP during this crucial time,\u201d said WFP Representative and Country Director in Algeria Imed Khanfir. \u201cBut regrettably the needs remain enormous. Additional funding from other donors is vital to bring an appropriate response to this emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EU is the largest donor to WFP in Algeria. Since 2003, the total EU contributions supporting WFP\u2019s operations for Sahrawi refugees in the country have reached nearly \u20ac85 million (US$105 million). This year, the EU\u2019s support accounts for almost 20 percent of WFP\u2019s funding needed in Algeria.<\/p>\n

WFP has been supporting the Sahrawi refugees in Algeria since 1986. WFP\u2019s operations in the country are carried out and monitored in collaboration with national and international organizations to ensure food assistance reaches the people for whom it is intended.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP).<\/i><\/p>\n

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