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USAID Funds Delivery of All-Terrain Trucks to Bring Food Relief to the People of Sudan

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2004-077

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2004

Contact: USAID Press Office

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, USAID announces a donation of $668, 175 to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for delivery of 24 all-terrain trucks to Sudan. The U.S., the UN World Food Program and other foreign aid organizations will use these trucks to transport essential food aid to displaced refugees in the Western Darfur and Eastern Chad regions. Through WFP, USAID is also providing medical services and other humanitarian needs.

"Transporting these 24 heavy trucks is a gift from the American people to help with food distribution for the Sudanese people in Darfur," said Mr. Gerard M. Gallucci, the United States Chargé d'Affaires in Khartoum, Sudan's capitol city.

Lack of roads, rugged terrain and heavy rain have seriously impacted the delivery of assistance to 1.2 million displaced people in the West Darfur and Eastern Chad regions. Runoff from the rains makes the dry river beds impassable for most vehicles.

Manufactured in Holland, the robust, all-terrain trucks are designed for use in rough conditions, and will be loaded with life-saving food aid. The vehicles will help ease delivery of food such as corn-soya blend, a nutrient-rich blended food vital to supporting the diet of the most vulnerable, such as children, pregnant and breast-feeding mothers.

With USAID funding, 24 trucks will be delivered to Khartoum by cargo plane during the next four days, bringing the total number of all-terrain vehicles delivering aid to 120. Most trucks are bound for West Darfur, where they will be crucial to delivering food.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.

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