28 April 2010 – The United Nations has joined forces with authorities in Niger to fight malnutrition among children under the age of two – often the most vulnerable to food shortages – in the West African nation, where a food crisis has affected more than half of its 14 million-strong population.
Some 800 children received their first of four supplementary food rations in the village of Koléram, in southern Niger, today, as part of a UN-backed blanket feeding operation to reach 500,000 children with food in areas where acute malnutrition rates are critical.
A monthly ration comprises more than eight kilograms of corn soy blend with sugar and nearly 1 kilogram of oil-enriched vitamin A.
For its part, UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing nearly 18 megatons of food to feed 500,000 children as part of the scheme, launched in response to a Government appeal issued in March.
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