MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 3 (PIA) -- The province will continue to receive assistance from the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) until 2014.
This was announced by UN-WFP Deputy Country Director Asaka A. Nyangara during the ceremonial launching of the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations (PRRO) at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall Monday, July 2.
Nyangara said the two-year program aims to support government in recovery activities in food-insecure and conflict-affected communities in Central Mindanao.
He said it is also expected to contribute to the government’s peace-building initiatives by increasing resilience of affected communities to shocks.
According to him, more than 900,000 beneficiaries in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato, Zamboanga peninsula, and the two Lanao provinces are set to benefit from the program.
The PRRO launching, as well as the symbolic turn-over of UN-WFP Food Support to the provincial government, was one of the many activities highlighting the 53rd Araw ng Lanao del Sur celebration.
In his keynote message, Nyangara mentioned some of the assistance extended to the province by the WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
He said the WFP has supported efforts to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women, as well as children, aging between six to 23 months with ready-to-use food supplements.
With the hope that schoolchildren in the province will be encouraged to return to school and in the process help establish a sense of normalcy in their lives, Nyangara said the WFP also extended support to schoolchildren through its emergency school-feeding activities.
WFP likewise supported local government units and communities in various livelihood initiatives with the end goal of empowering and achieving self-sufficiency in the communities, he added.
Provincial Governor Mamintal A. Adiong Jr. expressed his appreciation to the UN-WFP Deputy Country Director for gracing the anniversary celebration of the province and thanked the UN-WFP for the numerous interventions extended to the province.
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