Ethiopia: WFP Donates Vehicles Worth 1.2 Million to Somali Regional Gov't
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The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
9 October 2008
Posted to the web 9 October 2008
Addis Ababa
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday donated vehicles and motorcycles valued at over 1.2 million Birr, to the Somali Regional Government to help enhance the region's food aid management and capacity building activities.
The donation includes two Toyota Hilux 4WD vehicles and twenty-eight Yamaha motorcycles, the UN office said in a statement.
"The current food requirements in the Somali region are considerable, and it is crucial that our counterparts are able to reach, often remote communities, to carry out their monitoring duties," WFP Acting Country Director, Miguel Barreto, was quoted in the statement as saying during the handover ceremony at WFP's warehouse in Debrezeit Road, Addis Ababa.
"WFP hopes that this donation can go some way towards facilitating the joint activities of WFP and the Somali Regional Government, and in assisting the regional administration in the timely delivery of food to needy individuals and communities." The handover ceremony was attended by Ibrahim Dhubet, a representative from the Somali Regional Government, who travelled to Addis Ababa to participate in the event.
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The Somali region has been one of the hardest hit in the country by the twin shocks of prolonged drought and high global food prices, WFP added.
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