South Korea donates $1.5m to WFP in support of refugee aid in Jordan
South Korea donates $1.5 million to the WFP in Jordan to support its response to refugees (Petra photo)
AMMAN — South Korea on Sunday donated $1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kingdom to support its response to refugees.
South Korean Ambassador to Jordan Kim Pil-woo stressed his country's commitment to the WFP to save the lives of refugees.
He noted that since 2011, Seoul has contributed more than $32 million to refugees in Jordan through various international organisations, including WFP, and that the new aid is a reiteration of that role.
The contribution will enable the WFP to continue providing cash aid, at a reduced rate, for one month to 60,000 vulnerable refugees in refugee camps and host communities across Jordan, he said, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
WFP Resident Representative and Country Director Alberto Correa Mendez expressed his appreciation for the donation.
The WFP currently provides cash aid to 310,000 refugees in the kingdom, most of them Syrians, in order to help meet basic food needs.
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