WFP Provides Food for Mozambique's Storm Victims

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WFP Provides Food for Mozambique's Storm Victims

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The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has provided 200,000 US dollars to Mozambique to support the victims of tropical depression "delfina" which struck the Mozambican provinces of Nampula and Zambezia earlier this month.

Deputy Director of the WFP Office in Maputo Georg-Friedrich Heymell told the press on Friday that this aid is taking the form of food stuffs and logistics. The food will be transported to the coastal districts of Nampula and Zambezia, which were the area worst hit by the storm.

As from Friday, 20 tons of food provided by the WFP are being carried by a helicopter hired by the Mozambican government to the places most in need and which cannot be reached by road.

He added that the WFP is studying the possibility of assisting in the repair of the railway line between the port of Nacala and Malawi. The line was severely damaged at Mutivaze, some 30 km west of Nampula city. WFP logistical staff are looking at the damaged railway.

Repairing the railway is important for WFP operations in neighboring Malawi, where millions of people are at risk of hunger. Currently some 6,000 tons of WFP maize intended for Malawi is stuck in Mozambique's Nacala port.

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