(April18th, 2016) Italy’s funding of one million euro for food assistance in Libya will allow the World Food Programme of the United Nations to provide food rations to more than 80 thousand people for a month. “The WFP is very grateful to the Italian government for its commitment in supporting the affected families and the whole community in Libya” it was declared by Carlo Scaramella, WFP deputy director for the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and the Eastern Europe “Each ration can feed a family composed by five people for a month; it includes basic food items such as rice, pasta, chickpeas, wheat flour, vegetable oil, tomato paste and sugar”. In 2016, WFP intends to assist with life-saving food assistance up to 210,000 people among the most vulnerable groups in Libya, including Libyans displaced persons, the hosting communities, the registered refugees and asylum seekers. (Red)
