“It has made a bad situation worse,” said program manager Stefan Epp-Koop.
“Many of these countries have conflict or political instability, high levels of displacement — people being forced to leave their homes — environmental disasters or economic collapse,” he said in an interview with the Manitoba Co-operator newspaper.
The Humanitarian, Early Recovery and Development program will serve about 89,000 people in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and South Sudan.
In the emergency response phase of the program, Foodgrains Bank partners will bring households emergency food, cash or vouchers they can redeem at local markets.
