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WFP Extends Haiti Food Aid

HeadlineJun 11, 2008

In Haiti, the World Food Program has announced it’s extending school feeding programs through the summer to deal with an ongoing crisis. WFP Haiti Country Director Mamadou Mbaye said the expansion of food was just a start for desperate need.

    Mamadou Mbaye: “We intend to increase those kind of — that program up to 450,000 children. If we have the resources, we will expand it progressively to cover new areas, which might cover also the northwest of the country.”
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