 | Children like these in Pakistan benefit from food donated through the World Food Programme.
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03 March 2010 World’s Hungry Children Benefit from U.S. Agricultural Program, March 3, 2010(McGovern-Dole Program to distribute more than 100,000 tons of food in 2010) Washington — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will donate more than 100,000 tons of agricultural commodities valued at nearly $170 million in fiscal year 2010 under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced February 26. “I am proud of the assistance we provide to the world’s hungry children through the McGovern-Dole Program,” Vilsack said. “This important program provides a healthy meal, often the only one they receive, for millions of children, mothers and infants in developing countries around the world each day.” The program helps support 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. The 2010 allocations are feeding more than 4.8 million children in 18 developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Bolivia, for example, children in more than 2,000 schools eat what is likely their only meal five days a week. In Senegal, the program provides children and mothers with a daily meal and supports nutrition education. Currently, 32 active agreements are being funded with 15 cooperating sponsors in 28 countries, assisting more than 5 million beneficiaries. To date, the McGovern-Dole Program has provided meals to more than 22 million children. The program is named in honor of U.N. Goodwill Ambassador and former U.S. Senator George McGovern and former U.S. Senator Robert Dole for their efforts to encourage a global commitment to school feeding and child nutrition. In October 2008, the two were recognized with the World Food Prize for their leadership in forging the link between the productivity of American farmers and the needs of hungry children around the world. Following is a list of program allocations for fiscal year 2010: New Programs in Fiscal Year 2010 | Country | Cooperating Sponsor | Number Benefited | Estimated Value | | Bolivia | Project Concern International | 251,106 | $6,179,842 | | Cambodia | World Food Programme | 96,080 | $16,861,977 | | Guatemala | Project Concern International | 167,395 | $5,118,489 | | Kenya | World Food Programme | 652,657 | $9,378,314 | | Laos | Humpty Dumpty Institute | 85,485 | $4,128,091 | | Liberia | World Food Programme | 348,000 | $6,435,578 | | Malawi | World Food Programme | 388,709 | $8,338,539 | | Mozambique | Joint Aid Management | 603,770 | $20,000,000 | | Pakistan | World Food Programme | 300,000 | $10,000,000 | | Pakistan | Land O’Lakes | 169,200 | $5,842,240 | | Senegal | Counterpart International | 270,543 | $8,458,220 | | Tanzania | Project Concern International | 244,315 | $7,717,615 | | Uganda | ACDI/VOCA | 70,000 | $12,177,597 | | TOTAL | | 3,647,260 | $120,636,502 | Previously Approved Allocations Through Multiyear Agreements | Country | Cooperating Sponsor | Number Benefited | Estimated Value | | Bangladesh | World Food Programme | 350,000 | $7,970,344 | | Cambodia | International Relief and Development Inc. | 85,282 | $1,280,000 | | Cameroon | Counterpart International Inc. | 36,000 | $2,710,000 | | Chad | World Food Programme | 103,500 | $5,629,966 | | Ethiopia | World Food Programme | 160,391 | $4,466,751 | | Guatemala | Asociacíon SHARE de Guatemala | 72,300 | $9,140,000 | | Laos | World Food Programme | 100,000 | $2,990,738 | | Rwanda | World Food Programme | 300,000 | $9,107,523 | | Sierra Leone | Catholic Relief Services-U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 36,800 | $2,320,000 | | TOTAL | | 1,244,273 | $45,615,322 | The total for all McGovern-Dole Program allocations is $166,251,824, benefitting 4,891,533 people. More information on the McGovern-Dole Program is available from the Agriculture Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service, which administers the program. | | | |
