Article: Italy Gives Guatemala 400,000 Euros to Fight Hunger

Posted by Laura on September 26, 2009 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments
The following excerpt is from a September 25, 2009 article published by Relief Web.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

MEXICO CITY, Sep 25, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Italy donated 400,000 euros (588,000 U.S. dollars) to Guatemala on Friday to help a food-buying program run by the World Food Program (WFP), a Guatemalan official said.

According to news reaching here, Willem Van Milink, the Program’s Guatemalan representative, said WFP would use the money to buy 530 metric tons of Vitacereal, a product made from corn and soy and enriched with vitamins and minerals.

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