DAR ES SALAAM – The
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a €3.25 million contributionfrom
the Federal Republic of Germany to support its work in favour of refugees and
asylum seekers in Tanzania in 2018-19.
“WFP greatly
appreciates this generous contribution from the Government and people of
Germany,” said Michael Dunford, WFP Tanzania Country Representative. “Germany is
a key supporter of WFP’s programme providing life-saving food assistance for
refugees in Tanzania.”
WFP distributes monthly
rations consisting of cereal, pulses, vegetable oil and salt as well as
fortified supplementary foods for vulnerable pregnant and lactating women,
children under five, malnourished persons with HIV/AIDS and hospital
in-patients. In addition, high energy biscuits are provided to refugees in
transit.
Tanzania hosts some 290,000 refugees, most of them
women and children, in Nduta, Nyarugusu and Mtendeli refugee camps in Kigoma
region in northwest Tanzania. More than 70 percent are from Burundi, and the
remainder primarily from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“My
country is proud to support WFP in helping those in need who have found refuge
in Tanzania,” said Dr. Detlef Waechter, Ambassador of Germany to Tanzania.“It
will be important to get political conditions right for the refugees to return
to their home countries voluntarily and safely.”
While
limited funding forced reductions in rations between February 2017 and October
this year, increased support from donors, including Germany, has enabled the
restoration of full rations. WFP continues to raise funds so that food rations
do not need to be reduced in coming months.
The
United Nations World Food Programme - saving lives in emergencies and changing
lives for millions through sustainable development. WFP works in more than 80
countries around the world, feeding people caught in conflict and disasters,
and laying the foundations for a better future.
For more information please contact:
Fizza.Moloo@WFP.org, WFP/Tanzania, Tel.+255
(0) 759 686 543or +255 (0) 784 720 022
John Merikion, German Embassy, pr-100@dare.diplo.de
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