South Korea donates food worth sh10.2b
Uganda is currently home to over 1.7 million refugees and asylum seekers coming from 34 different countries with majority of them coming from South Sudan and DR Congo who mainly run away from home due to armed conflict.
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(L-R) John Bosa Ssentamu, the national field coordinator department of refugees at the office of the prime minister looks on as H.E Park Sung-Soo, the Korean Ambassador to Uganda hands over a bag of rice to Marcus Prior, the World Food Programme deputy country director in Uganda. Looking on the extra right is Dr. Cloephus Mugenyi, a commissioner at the Ministry of Education. This was at the WFP Uganda country office on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Credit: Lawrence Mulondo)
By NewVision Reporter
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As a lifeline to vulnerable communities, South Korea has donated shillings of 10.2 billion ($2.8m) in food aid to refugees and schoolchildren to alleviate hunger and