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U.S. Government contributes additional $15 million in emergency food aid for Sri Lanka [1]

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated $15 million (Rs 1.7 billion) worth of vital food aid for Sri Lanka to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The food, consisting of wheat, lentils and vegetable oil, will be distributed to a large number of displaced and conflict-affected people in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2009
The Island (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Food Aid [3], Sri Lanka [4], United States Of America (US) [5], World Food Programme (WFP) [6]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-food-programme-wfp