South Korea Gifts $4M to WFP’s Afghan Lifesaving Effort

Seoul/Kabul – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Korea office announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea recently donated $4 million to WFP Afghanistan. Donations will be used to provide emergency food and nutrition support to save lives and prevent famine in Afghanistan, where the food crisis is severe.

“WFP remains the last lifeline for millions of Afghans struggling to make a living in an economy rife with unemployment and uncertainty; Afghans are seeing their savings shrink as they exhaust their last resources,” said Hsiao-Wei Lee, WFP Afghanistan Country Director. “Generous contributions from…