Bernicat visits WFP school in Gaibandha
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Wednesday visited a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding programme at Kanchipara Government Primary School in Gaibandha district.
The programme is supported by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program, a news agency report said.
Christa Räder, WFP Bangladesh Representative, accompanied the US Ambassador.
In March 2015, the WFP received a shipment of 9,740 metric tons of soft white wheat from the USDA McGovern-Dole programme.
"The donated US wheat that arrived in Bangladesh a few months ago supports the goals of the USDA McGovern-Dole programme and the government of Bangladesh to improve nutrition for the Bangladeshi people and their children," said the US diplomat.
The wheat will be used to produce nutritious biscuits for approximately 130,000 pre-primary and primary school children in Gaibandha.