Humanitarian Bulletin - Weekly Humanitarian Highlights in Ethiopia, 30 January 2012

Food Assistance Update

Eighth round relief food dispatches are nearing completion nationwide, with 96 per cent of total relief food dispatched as of 24 January. Dispatch to areas covered by the Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) was completed at the end of December, while dispatch to areas covered by the NGO consortium Joint Emergency Operations (JEOP) stands at 89 per cent, and to areas covered by WFP’s Hubs-and-Spokes programme in the Somali Region at 96 per cent. WFP relief food dispatches in Somali Region for the ninth round (2011), distribution of which began in January 2012, stood at 16 per cent as of the same date. For more information, contact: wfp.addisababa@wfp.org

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