U.S. awards $52 million to World Food Programme to deliver 12,702 metric tons of emergency food
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The State Department said the U.S. is providing $52 million to the World Food Programme to distribute 12,702 metric tons of food from prepositioned U.S. warehouses to people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti and Djibouti, reaching more than 1.9 million vulnerable people.
Tommy, a State Department spokesperson, said the United States is providing $52,000,000 to the World Food Programme to supply emergency food assistance drawn from U.S. prepositioned warehouses in Houston and Djibouti. Under the award, WFP will distribute 12,702 metric tons of commodities — including yellow split peas, rice, vegetable oil and Super Cereal Plus — to support more than 1,900,000 vulnerable people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti and Djibouti.
"The United States is the largest donor of humanitarian food assistance globally, and the department continues to call on other donors to provide additional contributions to address global humanitarian needs," the spokesperson said. Tommy added these distributions come from U.S. farmers and producers and are intended as emergency assistance delivered through WFP operations.
The department did not provide a breakdown of how the $52 million maps to each country or a delivery timeline in the briefing. Officials said they are urging other donors to supplement the response to address needs worldwide.