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ADRA Joins UN in Largest Food Distribution Effort Since Disaster
SILVER SPRING, Md.—A massive food distribution scale-up is underway in Haiti to provide food to more than 2 million people in some of the most affected areas of Port-au-Prince, announced the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).
ADRA expects to feed 10,200 people per day by providing 1,700 food rations. Each ration includes 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of rice and can feed up to six people for several days. As part of the food distribution strategy, only women are being allowed into the distributions sites to receive food. This will help ensure that the food is redistributed equitably among families, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). At the end of the 15-day distribution, ADRA will have provided food to 153,000 Haitians.
"This food distribution will bring greatly needed relief to thousands of families in the Carrefour area," said Mario Ochoa, Executive Vice President for ADRA International and director of ADRA’s Emergency Response Center (ERC) in Haiti. "We believe it is our moral imperative to help these families."
ADRA, as part of a group of key non-governmental organizations supporting this operation, is working in coordination with the UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), including the WFP, to deliver the aid during the two-week period. As part of the plan, 16 distribution points have been designated, including one in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Carrefour, which ADRA will be managing.
“WFP is working with all of its partners to mobilize a regular flow of food to reach all of those devastated by the earthquake,” said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran.
Sheeran also added that the size of this distribution drive will not only allow for food to reach more people, but also provide increased food stability to affected Haitians.
To read more about this distribution and the key agencies involved, go to CNN.com.
