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UN food relief now reaching more than 400,000 flood victims in Myanmar

On 26 August, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) released a statement that they are now delivering rice, beans, cooking oil, and salt to over 400,000 people that were affected by the flooding in Myanmar. Over 1.7 million people in Myanmar were affected by the flooding and landslides that were a result of heavy monsoon rains in early August.

More than 2,500 metric tons of food have been delivered to the flood affected areas so far after emergency relief efforts and the declaration of a state of natural disaster.

The flood relief efforts have been supported by Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Germany, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States as well as the Japan Association for WFP, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the private sector.

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