U.S. provides $91 million in food aid for Sudan and eastern Chad

U.S. provides $91 million in food aid for Sudan and eastern Chad    The U.S. Agency for International Development will provide $91 million in emergency food aid to support the United Nations World Food Program’s work in Sudan and eastern Chad.
   Of that total, $76 million will be used to help people in Darfur and the rest of Sudan, and $15 million will go to Sudanese refugees and affected communities in eastern Chad.
   According to USAID, the contribution will cover the expense for 93,510 metric tons of cereal and non-cereal commodities to the war-torn region. In fiscal 2006, the agency provided 475,910 metric tons of food valued at $458 million to the World Food Program and International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan and eastern Chad.
   The United States remains the World Food Program’s largest donor, providing half of its 2006 worldwide appeal and two-thirds of all contributions received by the program worldwide.