U.S. food aid heads to Haiti, Afghanistan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will donate 11,000 tons of rice, vegetable oil, yellow peas and lentils valued at more than $21 million for projects that will help feed 390,000 children in Haiti and Afghanistan under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) Program.
The McGovern-Dole Program, which is administered by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, supports education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries that are committed to universal education. It provides for donations of U.S. agricultural products, as well as financial and technical assistance for school feeding and maternal and child nutrition projects.
To date, the McGovern-Dole Program has provided meals to more than 22 million children around the world.
U.S. food aid heads to Haiti, Afghanistan
