Amman, Feb 9 (Petra) — South Korea donated $1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Jordan to support its response to refugees.
Ambassador Kim Pil-woo stressed his country’s commitment to WFP to save the lives of refugees, adding that since 2011, Seoul has contributed more than $32 million to refugees in Jordan through various international organizations, including WFP, and that the new aid is a reiteration of that role.
The contribution will enable the WFP to continue providing cash aid, at a reduced rate, for one month to 60,000 vulnerable refugees in refugee camps and host communities across Jordan, he said.
For his part, WFP Resident Representative and Country Director Alberto Correa Mendez expressed his appreciation for the donation.
The WFP currently provides cash aid to 310,000 refugees in Jordan, most of them are Syrians, to help meet basic food needs.
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