S Korea gives $0.3m in food assistance for Rohingya camps

South Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Jang-keun has announced a new contribution of US $0.3 million ($300,000) to WFP Bangladesh to support its operations that provide food assistance to 860,000 people in the Rohingya camps.
The WFP assists 100 per cent of the Rohingya population across 34 formally established camps where they remain reliant on food assistance to meet their basic needs, said a press release.
Additionally, the WFP provides nutrition, engineering, school feeding, and self-reliance or livelihood training in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities, it mentioned.
"We are grateful to donors like the Republic of Korea who continue to support us in assisting the Rohingya refugees who remain entirely dependent on external support," the release said, quoting WFP Country Director in Bangladesh Richard Ragan.
This latest contribution is in addition to US $0.5 million ($500,000) of humanitarian funding provided to the WFP for it's General Food Assistance programme for the Rohingya response in 2018, it said.
"Korea is actively engaged in international efforts to address the Rohingya refugee crisis, in particular, through WFP," Ambassador Lee Jang-keun was also quoted as saying.
"The Government of Korea hopes this contribution will help not only the refugees in Cox's Bazar but also the Bangladesh local community hosting the refugees," said the envoy.
Since 2018, South Korea has contributed over $5.0 million ($5,000,000) to WFP in Bangladesh, including $4.6 million for a four-year disaster resilience project in Kurigram district which has been critical to supporting vulnerable families affected by this year's record-breaking floods, the release added.

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