DHAKA
The United States has declared of providing an additional $6 million to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to address the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh.
“The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $6 million to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to address the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh,” a US embassy press release said here today.
The release said this funding is an addition to the $1 million provided to WFP earlier this year. “This assistance will support food distributions as well as the needed logistics to provide humanitarian assistance,” it added.
The recent funding to WFP complements assistance announced by the United States on September 20, which included $28 million in assistance to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.
“This new funding brings the US humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas in the region to approximately $101 million in fiscal year 2017,” the release said.
In 2017, the US government, through USAID, provided over $212 million in development assistance to Bangladesh.
In Cox’s Bazar, USAID helps improve the lives of Bangladeshis, including those in communities hosting refugees, through programs that expand economic opportunity, advance health and education, and ensure human rights and practices.
The programmes being implemented through this assistance include services for the victims of trafficking, cyclone shelters, and support for the Smiling Sun Clinics.