{"id":11132,"date":"2022-03-07T09:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/relief-assistance-for-affected-population"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:12:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:12:30","slug":"relief-assistance-for-affected-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/relief-assistance-for-affected-population","title":{"rendered":"Relief assistance for affected population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the financial assistance from the European Union (EU) which is envisaged to offer assistance to the vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p>The financial assistance will cushion those affected by drought and the COVID-19 pandemic which has compromised their economic statuses. This is according<\/p>\n<p>to the statement released by WFP on Monday this week. \u201cThe United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes European Union\u2019s (EU) contribution of<\/p>\n<p>\u20ac2.8 million (M55.5 million) to provide much needed relief assistance to the<\/p>\n<p>most vulnerable people in Lesotho affected by three consecutive years of drought and socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d reads WFP\u2019s statement in pertinent part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cWe thank the EU for their continuous support to the emergency response operations WFP is<\/p>\n<p>rolling out across the country to complement the government\u2019s COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan. \u201c\u201cWFP\u2019s operations in Lesotho are only 23 percent funded and require an additional \u20ac18.5 million<\/p>\n<p>to assist community affected by emergency levels of food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d\u201d said Aurore Rusiga WFP\u2019s Country Director.<\/p>\n<p>WFP further highlighted that the EU\u2019s contribution could not have come at a right time, as it will buttress food insecurity challenges. \u201c\u201cWe decided with<\/p>\n<p>our partners from the Lesotho Government and UN agencies that we should focus on alleviating the socio-economic hardships experienced by Basotho citizens to<\/p>\n<p>the pandemic as well as necessary lockdown. \u201c\u201cWe are aware that people in urban and peri-urban areas who lost their jobs or businesses have been particularly hard hit, and want to contribute to mitigating their<\/p>\n<p>suffering as a consequence of the pandemic,\u201d said EU Ambassador to Lesotho Dr. Christian Manahl. There are about 80, 000 beneficiaries set for financial and food assistance \u201cto ensure they have access to nutritious and healthy food\u201d. WFP is the United Nations (UN) agency which is mandated to carry out humanitarian work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the financial assistance from the European Union (EU) which is envisaged to offer assistance to the vulnerable people. The financial assistance will cushion those affected by drought and the COVID-19 pandemic which has compromised their economic statuses. 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