CERF allocates $965,000 to provide emergency support to the most vulnerable affected by food insecurity in Togo
27 August 2008:
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| A severely malnourished child in Togo [Photo: IRIN] |
Several factors are undermining food security and nutrition, including low food production and rising poverty, limited diversity of staple food and poor access to food, especially during the lean season. Recent flooding and high food prices have made matters worse. A
World Food Populations (WFP) food assessment identified 65,000 people whose very lives are at risk in three regions. As part of WFP’s ongoing humanitarian operation in the country, CERF has provided $1.1 million in funding to feed these people.
[Last Update: 4 November 2008]
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