WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $3 million to
the UN World Food Program to support its logistical operations in Burma,
which have dispatched more than 2,649 metric tons of humanitarian
assistance to those in need in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. The total USAID
contribution to WFP for logistical support in Burma is $4 million to date.
The UN World Food Program manages the UN Joint Logistics Common
Pipeline through which relief supplies, provided by the international
community, are distributed to the Burmese people. In support of their
logistics operation, the UN World Food Program has established five
logistical hubs in the cyclone-affected area from which they distribute
relief commodities and food assistance by barge, small boat, trucks and
helicopters.
"The international humanitarian community has come to rely on the UN
World Food Program logistics operation to provide assistance to the Burmese
people, and we are pleased to offer this much needed additional support for
the relief efforts," said USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore.
To date, USAID has provided more than $31.4 million in emergency
assistance in response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis. This,
combined with the $9.5 million in assistance from the Department of Defense
(DOD), brings the total USG assistance to Burma to $40.9 million.
For more information about USAID's humanitarian assistance programs in
Burma and around the world, please visit
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International
Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide
for nearly 50 years.
CONTACT: USAID Public Information, 202-712-4810
SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development
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