FAO assisting war-displaced

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations ( FAO )will provide 94 000 vulnerable households in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in northern Uganda with seeds, tools and agricultural training to help reduce their dependence on food aid.
These activities, budgeted at more than $2 million, will focus on displaced and drought-affected families with safe access to land, with particular attention given to women- and child-headed households, the elderly, and families affected by HIV/AIDS. FAO Emergency Coordinator for Uganda Etienne Peterschmitt says these families are now almost entirely dependent on food aid and this assistance will allow them to improve their self-sufficiency and provide some income."