Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, mentioned on Monday that the World Meals Program’s Government Board determined to allocate $5 billion and $400 million to Lebanon over the subsequent three years.
Throughout the WFP’s final assembly in Rome, Italy, the allocation was met with a promise that the meals merchandise might be solely bought from Lebanon.
Mikati’s phrases got here throughout a gathering held with the WFP Director in Lebanon, Dr. Abdullah Al-Wardat, who knowledgeable him of the approval of the undertaking for the years 2023-2025.
This undertaking will present emergency support, in-kind, and money help to the growing numbers of beneficiaries, in addition to present money help to a number of refugees.
This system can even help faculty college students, noting that the present quantity is 73,000 college students, “the brand new undertaking goals to succeed in 150,000 college students,” he added.
The undertaking can even search to boost meals safety in Lebanon, because the nation depends on importing about 80% and 90% of its wheat consumption.
