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Each family will receive a food basket – valued at LKR 15,000 (approximately EUR 40) and consisting of eggs, rice, fresh milk, red lentils and other protein-rich pulses – every fortnight over a period of one year. “France stands in solidarity with Sri Lanka in the current crisis,” said Mr. Jean-François Pactet, Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka.

Aumsat, Fonio, Blue Marble, Etherisc, Emerging Cooking Solutions project, MegaGas, and Africa GreenTec are the seven start-ups that showcased their innovations, to potential funders, local and international partners.

During his visit, Shiau met with communities from Mullaitivu in the North of Sri Lanka, who are among those worst affected by the economic crisis – including pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and people with disabilities – to better understand their nutritional needs.    This year, the US has provided a record total US$20 million (approximately LKR 7.3 billion) to support WFP’s

“We are immensely grateful to the Korean Government and people of Korea for their commitment to helping the most needy in Yemen," said WFP Representative to Yemen, Richard Ragan.

“Yet again, USDA demonstrates real leadership in reaching school-age children in the developing world with proper nutrition.

Highlights Thanks to additional funding from various donors, including an extremely generous contribution from Germany, EMOP operations are funded at their current levels through May 2016. Following the global launch of WFP’s school feeding app ShareTheMeal on 12 November, over 250,000 users shared more than 1 million school meals with Syrian children in refugee camps in Jordan.

The specialized satellite communications equipment, smart tablets and power banks handed over today are in addition to two mobile warehouses donated to the Fiji NDMO in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Yasa, “With the next cyclone season approaching this additional emergency equipment will further support the preparedness capabilities of our colleagues at the NDMO and we thank the Government o

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Mr. Bishow Parajuli, WFP India Representative and Country Director and Dr. Madhura Swaminathan, Chairperson MSSRF, in Chennai on 8th October. “WFP and MSSRF are committed to delivering solutions and scalable models to improve food security, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable communities.

Belgium’s support comes at a time when WFP is strapped for funds in the five countries.

During a three-day visit to the country, Beasley met with vulnerable families receiving WFP food assistance in Aleppo.