Project Information
| Project Name: | Bie Emergency-Agriculture Support |
| Project Description: | |
| The deterioration of the situation in Bie Province in December 1998 resulted in a large influx of IDPs into Kuito, with as many as 250,000 people crowding into camps. CARE's emergency relief project aims to increase food security for displaced and vulnerable IDPs and others affected by the war by providing basic food supplies. CARE currently distributes monthly food rations to over 100,000 displaced persons and former UNITA combatants in the Bie Province. The ration includes maize, beans, vegetable oil and iodized salt. WFP is responsible for the provision of food, its transport and storage as far as Kuito, while CARE is responsible for distribution to end users in the camps. CARE works closely with the community leadership to maintain effective and timely distributions. With the resettlement of IDPs and former combatants, CARE is undertaking distributions at extended centers located in municipalities and communes around Bie Province. CARE and WFP have also collaborated on food for work activities to repair infrastructure such as bridges. | |
| Country: | Angola (View Country Profile) |
| Sector: | Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| Type: | Emergency Relief |
| Project Number: | AGO044 |
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