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Germany supports WFP food assistance to vulnerable Palestinians

East Jerusalem – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of €6 million (US$6.5 million) from the Government of Germany to cover the food needs of more than 300,000 non-refugees in Gaza and the West Bank for up to three months.

date:  28/05/2020

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WFP will use this generous donation from the German Federal Foreign Office to continue providing food assistance through electronic food vouchers for 274,000 non-refugees in Gaza and the West Bank for two months. Families can use the vouchers to buy food items of their choice in any of WFP designated shops across Gaza and the West Bank.

Another 35,000 people in Gaza will receive food rations for three months. The food rations include fortified wheat flour, pulses, vegetable oil and iodized salt.

Full text available here: https://www.wfp.org/news/germany-supports-wfp-food-assistance-vulnerable-palestinians