http://www.english.hadhramaut.info WFP extends $ 29 mln project of food aid prgoram for displaced [The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/damoun.net - 03/11/2010] An agreement was signed on Wednesday to extend the project of food aid program for displaced people in a number of provinces at a total cost of over USD 29 million with funding from the World Food Programme (WFP

The agreement, signed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and the WFP's Representative Gian Carlo, stipulated that the WRP provides USD 29.02 million for extension of the food aid program for displaced people through the distribution of food for all the displaced and the comprehensive supplementary feeding program, which targets children in the age groups between 6-59 months.The project includes funding Food for Work (FFW) Initiative, after the pattern of the initiative implemented by the Social Fund for Development within the labor-intensive projects program. After signing the agreement, al-Arhabi commended the role played by the WFP in helping Yemen to face the challenge of food security, especially with regard to malnutrition, as Yemen is one of the lowest rates of malnutrition in the region.

 For his part, the WFP's official confirmed the WFP's keenness to continue to provide all aspects of possible support to the Yemeni government's efforts to achieve the food security in Yemen.