SAUDI ARABIA PROVIDES FOOD AID FOR 50,000 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES RIYADH - Days after the United Nations World Food Programme warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are becoming destitute, Saudi Arabia has responded with a donation of US$2.6 million to purchase food for 50,000 of the worst affected families.
MOUNTAIN GUIDES HELP WFP PREPARE RECOVERY FROM PAKISTAN QUAKE ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the formation of a team of 23 experienced international and Pakistani mountain guides to assess damage and destruction in mountainous areas of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir hit by last October’s earthquake.