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Friday, December 04, 2009 - 5.30 GMT |
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Govt. to boost
food assistance in N & E |
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The
Cabinet
yesterday
approved
an MOU
submitted
by
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
to come
to an
agreement
with the
World
Food
Programme
for the
provision
of grant
assistance
of US$
134,907,780
to
implement
WFP food
aid
programme
in Sri
Lanka.
The
objective
of this
programme
is to
support
the
Government
in its
effort
of
relief
and
rehabilitation
activities
for the
internally
displaced
and
economically
affected
people.
The
project
activities
include
food
distribution
for the
displaced
or
recently
affected
people
by the
war
against
terrorism,
Mother-child
health
and
nutrition
and food
for all
primary
students
in
selected
schools.
This
programme
will be
implemented
in
selected
areas in
Ampara,
Batticaloa,
and
Trincomalee
Districts
in the
Eastern
Province
and
Mannar,
Vavuniya,
Mullative,
Kilinochchi
and
Jaffna
Districts
in the
Northern
Province.
In
addition,
selected
programme
activities
will
also be
implemented
in
Districts
such as
Hambantota,
Monaragala,
Polonnaruwa,
Anuradhapura
and
Puttalam.
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