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WFP AND THE ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF DIASPORA TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO SYRIAN ARMENIANS
Reuters Alert
Nov 19 2013
Source: World Food Programme - Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:21 AM
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of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
YEREVAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) began this week
providing assistance to 5,000 Syrian Armenians displaced from Syria
who have sought protection in Armenia. The 6-month-assistance project
is funded the government of the Russian Federation.
This WFP operation was put in place upon a request from the
Ministry of Diaspora, responsible for the overall coordination of
assistance to Syrian Armenians. Following the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding between WFP and the ministry, WFP will provide
assistance to the Syrian Armenian population during the current
transitional period as the Government of Armenia continues its efforts
in integrating the Syrian population of Armenian descent.
"Syrian Armenians were once part of the thriving Armenian diaspora
in Syria; many of them have lost their homes and livelihoods due to
the conflict in Syria," said WFP Head of Office in Armenia, Maria
Lukyanova. "WFP food support will help address some of the basic needs
of this group that has sustained multiple shocks over the previous
two years and help to prevent negative coping strategies."
Preparations for project implementation were done in collaborations
with the Ministry of Diaspora, WFP and its UN partners, primarily
the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), as well as civil organisations such as
the CentrŠµ for the Coordination of Syrian-Armenian Issues, Mission
Armenia, the Armenian Relief Society and others provided information,
human resources and technical support.
WFP's implementing partner is the Centre for the Coordination of
Syrian Armenian Issues operating under the auspices of the Ministry
of Diaspora.
http://www.trust.org/item/20131119145639-lo6j1/
Reuters Alert
Nov 19 2013
Source: World Food Programme - Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:21 AM
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not
of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
YEREVAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) began this week
providing assistance to 5,000 Syrian Armenians displaced from Syria
who have sought protection in Armenia. The 6-month-assistance project
is funded the government of the Russian Federation.
This WFP operation was put in place upon a request from the
Ministry of Diaspora, responsible for the overall coordination of
assistance to Syrian Armenians. Following the signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding between WFP and the ministry, WFP will provide
assistance to the Syrian Armenian population during the current
transitional period as the Government of Armenia continues its efforts
in integrating the Syrian population of Armenian descent.
"Syrian Armenians were once part of the thriving Armenian diaspora
in Syria; many of them have lost their homes and livelihoods due to
the conflict in Syria," said WFP Head of Office in Armenia, Maria
Lukyanova. "WFP food support will help address some of the basic needs
of this group that has sustained multiple shocks over the previous
two years and help to prevent negative coping strategies."
Preparations for project implementation were done in collaborations
with the Ministry of Diaspora, WFP and its UN partners, primarily
the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), as well as civil organisations such as
the CentrŠµ for the Coordination of Syrian-Armenian Issues, Mission
Armenia, the Armenian Relief Society and others provided information,
human resources and technical support.
WFP's implementing partner is the Centre for the Coordination of
Syrian Armenian Issues operating under the auspices of the Ministry
of Diaspora.
http://www.trust.org/item/20131119145639-lo6j1/