Source: AusAid
At a meeting today Australia announced its largest ever package of food aid.The package was announced during a meeting between the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior, His Excellency Mr Sar Kheng and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance Bob McMullan,The package will help address persistent food shortages among Cambodia’s poorest people.
“To help around 800,000 Cambodians living in hunger, including 578,000 children, the Australian Government is providing the World Food Programme with $6 million in 2009-10 to purchase and distribute more than 8600 metric tonnes of rice,” Mr McMullan said.
“Cambodia has one of the highest malnutrition rates in Asia. An estimated 2.8 million people lack access to adequate food and 39.5 per cent of children suffer from chronic malnutrition.
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