Rome, November 7, 2008 "The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development has contributed with a financial amount of 100.000 euros to WFP in response to urgent humanitarian assistance for the population in Georgia facing food problems".
The donation will cover costs of release of 22 tons of high energy biscuits and the follow up of the project "PRRO 10211.1 -Provision of Emergency Food Assistance for Conflict-Affected Populations".
POC: Alessandro Pirrone- MoFA Rome - Emergency Office on +39 3691 8153