The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Sri Lanka recently welcomed a US$ 2.2 million donation of white rice and beans from the Government of Brazil yesterday.
The contribution of 3,000 metric tons of rice and 800 tons of beans, the first from Brazil to WFP operations in Sri Lanka will be used to help meet the food needs of resettled households in the north of the country.
“Brazil and some other countries and inter national donor agencies came to assist Sri Lanka after the end of the conflict, especially for humanitarian areas and Sri Lanka fully utilized these assistance bringing benefits to the affected people,” Brazilian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Pedro Henrique Lopes Borio had said.
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