Government aid of €2m for Chad

A DONATION of €2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme has been announced by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Trevor Sargent.

He said the funding will be used to provide air transport for food to refugees in remote regions of Chad and in support of the overall humanitarian efforts.

This funding is in addition to the €8.5m provided by the department in May 2007 and brings its total funding to €10.5m this year.

Mr Sargent said the €2m is a response to the programme’s appeal for donations to mount a food assistance and logistics project aimed at more than 230,000 refugees in eastern Chad.