Press Office -
PR#15–2011,February 7, 2011 |
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Japan earmarks funds to assist Internally Displaced Persons in
Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao through the World Food Programme
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The Government of Japan has earmarked its contribution to the International Emergency Food Reserve (IEFR) amounting to 700,000 US dollars for the Project entitled “Assistance to IDPs, Returnees and other Food-insecure Households in Conflict-affected Areas of Central Mindanao” through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Philippines. The IEFR is a fund for humanitarian aid and is being managed by the WFP. The Government of Japan earmarks its contribution to IEFR in consideration of relevant elements including request for assistance and bilateral relationship with a recipient county.
The Government of Japan has been supporting the return and resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their places of origin. In 2006, the Government of Japan provided an emergency food aid amounting to approximately 2.8 Million USD for IDPs in the Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao through the WFP. Furthermore, in 2009, the Government of Japan extended another emergency grant aid for conflict affected areas in Mindanao worth approximately 9.5 Million US Dollars, also through the WFP.
Continued assistance is needed for these conflict affected areas in line with the growing shift of support from relief to recovery assistance. This latest funding support would facilitate the necessary aid to meet the food gaps in support of the most food insecure and vulnerable conflict affected people in Central Mindanao. Japan believes this latest assistance complements the Philippine Government's efforts to preserve and strengthen the human assets and livelihoods that are the foundation of future stability and development in Mindanao.
This assistance reaffirms Japan's continuous support to the on-going peace-building and rehabilitation efforts in Mindanao, as a strategic partner of the Philippines.
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