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US Embassy and UNDP to Help Displaced People

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signed Between U.S. Embassy and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to Help Displaced Familes

Public Affairs Office
Embassy of the United States of America
Asmara, Eritrea Tel. 12-07-38

June 6, 2006

On June 6, 2006, Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi and the Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations, Mr. Macleod Nyirongo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in support of the joint program between the Ministry of National Development and UNDP for the utilization of fifty-eight (58) million Nafka (US$3.9 million). The funds will help displaced families return to their home communities from the camps in Gash Barka, to re-establish themselves and to recover their agricultural livelihood. As a result of the US-UNDP partnership, a total of 10,293 families (5,579 in Zoba Gash Barka and 4,713 in Zoba Debub) will receive help in preparing their land for the next cultivation season. In addition, they will receive seeds and tools and other farm inputs and will get free tractor services for plowing and planting.

For further information please contact Public Affairs Section at the United States Embassy, at 12-07-38.