The United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $1 million
in assistance to the people of Georgia in response to the crisis situation,
bringing the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to $3.77 million to date.
The Georgian government has identified sanitation and hygiene
facilities, tents, bedding, personal hygiene kits, baby food, and dry and
canned foods as priority needs at this time. To help meet these needs, this
$1 million was provided to the UN World Food Program for the local purchase
and distribution of more than 650 metric tons of emergency food
commodities, including approximately 31 metric tons of high energy biscuits
currently in Georgia.
"The United States stands with the people of Georgia, and we are
working alongside the Georgian government and the international NGO
community to get emergency aid to those in need," said USAID Administrator
Henrietta H. Fore. "This food assistance is in addition to the emergency
relief and medical supplies the U.S. has airlifted to assist the people of
Georgia, and the United States will continue to provide additional relief
supplies to Tbilisi in the coming days."
Having arrived in country, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team
(DART) is working with the government of Georgia, to conduct rapid
humanitarian assessments and serve as the coordinator of U.S. relief
efforts with local officials, other donors and international and
non-governmental organizations.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International
Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide
for nearly 50 years.
SOURCE : U.S. Agency for International Development
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