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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FACT SHEET
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-43202003-037
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 10, 2003
Food Assistance
In total, the U.S. government has provided 590,000 metric tons of food worth $375 million. In addition, the WFP has positioned 132,000 metric tons of food in region, which will feed 2.2 million people per month for about four months.
Emergency Supplies
USAID has provided emergency supplies in the region worth a total of $16.3 million. These supplies include wool blankets, plastic sheeting for emergency shelter, personal hygiene kits, emergency health kits; water jugs, bladders and other containers, and water treatment units.
Prepositioned in the region In transit to the region
- 103,135 blankets
- 45,740 hygiene kits
- 97 World Health Organization (WHO) medical kits1
- 7,180 rolls of plastic sheeting
- 63,600 water containers
- 20 water tanks
- two water treatment units
- 161,900 blankets
- 39,878 hygiene kits
- 7,990 plastic sheeting
- 67,100 water containers
- 67 water tanks
- six water treatment units
Remaining commodities are on stand-by for call forward.
Funding Allocations
In addition to the food assistance mentioned above, USAID has spent to date over $246 million on humanitarian relief to Iraq. In addition, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has spent over $36 million. Of this combined amount, over $124 million is going to the United Nations and other international organizations for pre-positioning and early response, including $60 million to the WFP for planning and logistical support costs and some food pre-positioning. Over $20 million is going to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for humanitarian relief and related programs. Additional assistance is in the pipeline for the U.N. and other international organizations.
The breakdown of this $124 million also includes:
- $21 million to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees;
- $10 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross;
- $8.6 million to the International Organization for Migration;
- $3 million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
- $2 million to UNICEF; and
- $1.2 million to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
1. Each of these medical kits is designed to serve 10,000 people for approximately three months. The kits contain a basic and a supplementary unit. The basic unit contains 12 non-injectable drugs as well as medical supplies. The supplemental kit, to be administered only by professional health care workers or physicians, contains more drugs, including injectables.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
For more information on USAID's humanitarian relief efforts in Iraq, please visit www.usaid.gov/iraq/.
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