Funding from France beefs up efforts to improve nutrition in Saravan


A woman and her daughter take part in nutrition activities. - VT

VIENTIANE: The government of France has provided support to the Lao government’s efforts to ensure independent and resilient access to food for 10,000 people in Saravan province, in an intervention implemented by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

The project, costing US$550,000, is led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Health, and builds on earlier nutrition activities in cooperation with France and WFP in southern Laos.

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