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For Immediate Release
Kabul, Afghanistan – Today, the United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced an additional $25 million to the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP’s) Afghanistan Protractive Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) to provide cash-based and food assistance to nearly 1.7 million Afghans—mostly women and children—affected by conflict, natural disasters, and seasonal hunger.
USAID Mission Director Herbert Smith said: "This contribution will meet immediate food needs and will allow WFP to work with communities to sow the seeds for community recovery with interventions that empower vulnerable Afghan families, rebuild livelihoods, and prepare for future shocks."
The United States is the largest donor to the WFP in Afghanistan. With this contribution, the United States’ funding since the beginning of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 to WFP to support emergency food and nutrition operations in Afghanistan is $89 million. USAID works with 16 UN and NGO partners to save lives and reduce the suffering of communities affected by ongoing complex emergencies.
USAID’s humanitarian assistance is also meeting the acute needs of highly vulnerable Afghans in water, sanitation, and hygiene; emergency basic health; shelter and non-food items; and food and nutrition assistance.
With approximately $17 billion spent on development programs in Afghanistan since 2002, USAID funding is the largest civilian bilateral development assistance program to Afghanistan. USAID partners with the government and people of Afghanistan to ensure economic growth led by the country’s private sector, to establish a democratic and capable state governed by the rule of law, and to provide basic health and education services for all Afghans.
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