§ The Earl of Caithnessasked Her Majesty's Government:
What emergency food has been sent in the last two months to Zimbabwe; from which countries; and to whom. [HL2478]
§ Baroness AmosNGOs are operating supplementary feeding programmes for poor and vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe, having procured food in the region as long ago as September 2001. DfID has provided £4 million for programmes run by NGOs. The USA has also funded NGO feeding programmes.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has also begun a food aid operation in Zimbabwe as a part of the UN Humanitarian Assistance and Recovery Programme. WFP has procured 6,400 tonnes of food in South Africa and has re-routed an 8,200 tonne shipment of maize meal from Tanzania. Grain is just beginning to arrive in country. Currently WFP is using its own funds and pledges from the USA and UK. WFP's programme will also work through NGOs in poor communities in 19 districts.