UNWFP operation in Bangladesh extended
The United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) has extended its current refugee operations for two more years to provide support to 31,000 food-insecure refugees in Cox's Bazar.
It would cost nearly Tk 77 crore, said a UNWFP press release on Wednesday.
This extension of the programme will enable UNWFP to continue its operation to improve food security and reduce malnutrition among registered refugees living in Kutupalang and Nayapara in Cox's Bazar. These refugees came to Bangladesh in 1991 following religious and ethnic persecution in Myanmar.
“The two-year extension of our ongoing programme will strengthen the food and nutrition support base and help reduce levels of malnutrition among children and women, as well as increase access to education for refugee boys, girls and adolescents,” said Christa Räder, WFP Representative in Bangladesh.
Under this new phase, UNWFP will continue it ongoing activities including general food distributions, a school-meals programme and targeted nutritional support for acutely and moderately malnourished mothers and children.
WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries.
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