WFP relief for flood victims

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the Australian government through AusAID, has come to the assistance of 10,000 flood-affected people in Chakoria upazila of Cox's Bazar district. WFP has allocated 6 tonnes of high energy biscuits to 2,000 households in Koiyarbil, Loikkharchar, Kakara, and Boroitoli Unions of Chakoria upazila, according to the WFP press release. Each household will be provided with 3 kg of fortified biscuits. The biscuits will serve as a vital source of food and nutrition for the severely vulnerable people affected by the floods while they wait for the waters to recede. WFP in collaboration with the government and through its local NGO partner, Muslim Aid, will organise the distributions and be involved in further assessment and monitoring of the flood affected communities.

Source : The Daily Star