The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today (August 30, 2017) contributed 150 metric tons of high-energy biscuits to World Food Programmes (WFP) refugee response efforts in Uganda. The biscuits are a contribution of the American people through USAID’s Office of Food for Peace.
High-energy biscuits enable WFP to assist refugees immediately on their arrival in Uganda, before they are able to cook for themselves and in the absence of any structures through which they can find nutritious food.
FACTS AND FIGURES:
- Amount of biscuits contributed by the U.S. to WFP Uganda in 2017: 150 metric tons
- Number of refugees that biscuits will feed: 375,000 (400g each as they arrive).
- Percent of annual high-energy biscuit requirement filled by this U.S. contribution: 75 percent
- Total amount of money contributed by the U.S. to WFP refugee response in Uganda in U.S. fiscal year 2017: US$70 million
- Total amount of money contributed by the U.S. to overall refugee response in Uganda in U.S. fiscal year 2017: US$187 million
- Total number of refugees supported by WFP in Uganda (the refugees in transit centres and settlements): Over 1 million
- Number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: More than 1 million (as at 15 August, 2017
Distributed by APO on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP).
Source: Apo-Opa
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