Food distribution in the Maldives

Summary

To provide emergency food to the victims of Dec 26th earthquake and tsunami.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $200 was raised for this project.

Received $200 from 1 donation from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Our goal is to provide 50,000 people affected by this earthquake and tsunami with food relief.

Activities

World Food Programme will be distributing rice, canned fish, vegetable oil and other fortified foods to the victims.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $200

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $200.  The original project funding goal was $100,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Survival and recovery of the earthquake and tsunami victims.

Project Message

“The town's inhabitants point helplessly to the wreckage that was their life.”
- Laura Melo, World Food Programme Public Information Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Kathy Hansen,
Partnerships Officer
UN World Food Programme
Two UN Plaza, DC2-2500
New York, NY 10017
United States
917-367-5070
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Friends of the World Food Program Logo Friends of the World Food Program
1819 L St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202.530.1694
http://www.friendsofwfp.org

Learn more about Friends of the World Food Program and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Maldives and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Maldives, read the Human Development Report on Maldives or the Wikipedia entry for Maldives.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 06, 2005.