WFP Starts Food Air Drops To Displaced In Northern Uganda Cut Off By Heavy Rains

For the first time in Uganda, the United Nations World Food Programme has launched a food airdrop operation as part of a massive effort to reach tens of thousands of displaced people after heavy rains blocked the delivery of relief food by road. On Saturday, an Antonov-12 cargo aircraft started a month-long operation to drop food from the air to thousands of displaced people. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on October 20th, 2007