Uganda gets new WFP Country Representative
Meygag expressed his commitment to the WFP's partnership with the Ugandan government. He also stated that he will endeavor to support Uganda's third National Development Plan and the Sustainable Development Goals.
El-Khidir Daloum has been replaced as the UN World Food Programme Representative in Uganda by Abdirahman Meygag. After presenting his credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kampala, Meygag began working in early August.
Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo, greeted Meygag and asked him to “continue in the WFP heritage of cooperating with the government to guarantee refugees and those most impacted by hunger and climate change have access to food.”
“The Ugandan government will continue to cooperate closely with the World Food Programme. We will continue to do our share as a government, and we need your help. “To assist and increase food security, we must work together,” stated Gen. Odongo Jeje.
Meygag expressed his commitment to the WFP’s partnership with the Ugandan government. He also stated that he will endeavor to support Uganda’s third National Development Plan and the Sustainable Development Goals.
He stated, “I look forward to developing our partnership and moving Uganda closer to attaining zero hunger for all.” “We need solid relationships on the road to zero hunger. Hunger’s demographics vary on a daily basis, and we need solid understanding to deal with these shifting dynamics. Strong collaborations result in strong knowledge.”
Meygag emphasized how access to adequate, nutritious food is related to other Sustainable Development Goals, and he promised to collaborate with other UN agencies to assist the government in saving lives.
Despite the World Food Programme’s (WFP) ever-dwindling funding resources, the UN organization continues to assist up to 1.3 million refugees and asylum seekers in Ugandan settlements.
WFP also supplied emergency food aid in the beginning of this year in response to worrisome levels of food and nutrition insecurity in the Karamoja area of northeastern Uganda.
When schools stopped due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the World Food Programme (WFP) substituted hot school meals with take-home rations to decrease drop-out rates and guarantee that students could still eat at home.
In addition to delivering nutritious food rations to Ugandan refugees, the WFP also offers agricultural and market support to smallholder farmers, purchasing food from them when feasible for its school feeding program.
WFP utilizes its supply chain and logistical skills to help government disaster response by transporting food and other commodities such as medical equipment. The World Food Programme is also collaborating with the government to improve the country’s social protection services and make them more resilient to natural disasters.
This assistance is made possible by contributions from a number of donor countries and international organizations. Donor contributions to the UN agency this year have come from Canada ($1.6 million), China ($2 million), the European Commission ($5.3 million), Germany ($5.5 million), Japan ($1 million), Ireland ($2.4), South Korea (4,500 metric tons of rice worth US$4.1 million), Sweden (US$6.5 million), the United Kingdom (US$7.1 million), and the United States (US$7.1 million), according to the WFP Uganda country office.
