Food Dispatched to Vanuatu Islands Worst-Hit by Cyclone Pam (For the Media)

PORT VILA – The United Nations World Food Programme is supporting the Government of Vanuatu’s food distributions in priority areas to feed survivors of Tropical Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. The government aims to provide assistance to all 162,000 people estimated affected by the storm. WFP is supplementing government food packages with rice and biscuits fortified with vitamins and minerals over the coming weeks. Further ahead, WFP expects to provide assistance for several months for those who were most severely affected by the storm.