Food Voucher Program Will Assist Sudanese Families

Posted by Angela Stephens / October 13, 2010

Food aid being distributed in Darfur, Sudan, 2010. [USAID Photo/ Public Domain]

About the Author: Angela Stephens serves as an Information Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Most U.S. food assistance to Sudan is "in-kind" aid -- food that is grown by farmers in the United States, purchased on the open market, then shipped to Sudan. Voucher programs, on the other hand, offer an alternative and complementary approach that gives families access to foods they are already familiar with and boosts local economic activity. Recently, USAID awarded its first grant for a food voucher program in Sudan, a landmark initiative that will nourish hungry families by lowering the cost of life-saving foods already available in local markets.

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