India, Bangladesh among recipients of UN aid for poor children
Saturday, 6 December 2008
NEW YORK, Dec 5 (PTI): India, Bangladesh and Myanmar are among seven Asian States where the UN will help improve the nutrition status of a million undernourished children and mothers under a new USD 5 million programme.
The other nations which will benefit from the programme are Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. "To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, malnutrition has to be addressed urgently and effectively," the World Food Programme (WFP), Regional Director Tony Banbury told a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in Hong Kong, where business leaders and philanthropists also committed over USD 4 million to support the plan.
"WFP is working hard to improve the nutritional value of the food support we provide by providing fortified food products and micro-nutrient supplements."
The agency will provide locally-fortified food products over the next three years to at- risk children under two, moderately malnourished individuals, pregnant and lactating women and populations suffering from micro-nutrient deficiencies and chronic illnesses.
Based on work done in Laos, WFP will work with multiple stakeholders to increase the scale of production and distribution of improved fortified corn soya blend.
The other nations which will benefit from the programme are Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. "To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, malnutrition has to be addressed urgently and effectively," the World Food Programme (WFP), Regional Director Tony Banbury told a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in Hong Kong, where business leaders and philanthropists also committed over USD 4 million to support the plan.
"WFP is working hard to improve the nutritional value of the food support we provide by providing fortified food products and micro-nutrient supplements."
The agency will provide locally-fortified food products over the next three years to at- risk children under two, moderately malnourished individuals, pregnant and lactating women and populations suffering from micro-nutrient deficiencies and chronic illnesses.
Based on work done in Laos, WFP will work with multiple stakeholders to increase the scale of production and distribution of improved fortified corn soya blend.