Food Assistance to Communities Affected by Drought in Karamoja Uganda - WFP 2009

September 30 2009 - The Karamoja region of North-Eastern Uganda is facing a severe humanitarian situation following a drought which has reduced agricultural output to an estimated 30 percent of normal levels. CIDA's contribution is helping the World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce and/or stabilize acute malnutrition for 970 000 vulnerable people in Karamoja. Activities under this operation include general food assistance as well as and supplementary and therapeutic feeding to treat persons who have already become moderately and severely malnourished.