Posted by: Jordan Goodman in Health Notes on August 10th, 2010
Two New Grants Utilize Cash and Food Vouchers to Complement In-Kind Food Aid
PORT-AU-PRINCE -The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it will award two separate, high-impact grants in Haiti to help earthquake-affected families meet their food needs from local markets with cash or vouchers. The innovative grants, the first two made in Haiti under USAID’s new Emergency Food Security Program, were awarded to the and .
The Emergency Food Security Program is a new initiative managed by USAID’s Office of Food for Peace. It provides grants for local or regional procurement of food commodities or for the use of cash or vouchers for the purchase of food in response to an emergency.