A senior disaster-management official has asked the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Japanese government to build safe evacuation centres (SEC) near the Tonle Sap Lake and along the Mekong River, areas highly vulnerable to flooding during the yearly rainy season, the Ministry of National Defence reported on May 28.
A senior disaster-management official has asked the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Japanese government to build safe evacuation centres (SEC) near the Tonle Sap Lake and along the Mekong River, areas highly vulnerable to flooding during the yearly rainy season, the Ministry of National Defence reported on May 28.
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(From left to right) Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami, Ngan Chamroeun, secretary of state for the Ministry of Interior and head of the National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development (NCDD) and WFP Country Director Claire Conan at a signing ceremony on February 22, 2021.
Japan commits $2M grant to mitigate flood impacts
Mon, 22 February 2021
The government of Japan has committed $2 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to counteract the threats posed by flooding to food security and impacted communities across the Kingdom.
The grant was signed on February 22 by Japanese ambassador Masahiro Mikami and WFP Country Director Claire Conan at a meeting presided over by Ngan Chamroeun, secretary of state for the Ministry of Interior and head of the National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development (NCDD).
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Meals resume for school children
Wed, 10 February 2021
School meal programmes resumed this month as the government and partner organisations seek to provide adequate nutrition for children and incentivise their return to classrooms following interruptions stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a joint press release on February 8, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) said that in Cambodia, approximately 280,000 school children in 1,113 schools across 10 provinces missed free, nutritious school meals during nationwide school closures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19.
“Fortunately, school meals have resumed with the re-opening of schools in Cambodia earlier this month, phased in to resume in all the schools with meal programmes supported by the government and WFP” by next month, the statement said.