Her Majesty Queen Sofia of the Kingdom of Spain
(leftmost) listens intently as Philippine Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman (third from right) and
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director Asaka
Nyangara (rightmost) jointly brief her regarding emergency relief and
rehabilitation activities mounted in response to Tropical Storm Sendong. The
presentation was made during Queen Sofia’s visit to the Climate Change Academy
in Bicol province earlier this month. With Queen Sofia was Spanish Secretary of
State for International Cooperation Jesus Gracia (third from left).
The Kingdom of Spain, through its Agencia
Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) or Spanish
Agency for International Development Cooperation, is a major donor to the
Philippines and strongly supports the fight against hunger and malnutrition in
the country. Since 2009, Spain has given over USD4.5 million (Php190.6 million)
to support various WFP programmes, implemented in close partnership with
DSWD, that help ensure proper nourishment for children and pregnant and
lactating women who have been displaced by conflict in Mindanao, as well as for
relief and rehabilitation of communities affected by natural disasters.
Photo Credit: WFP/Mei Nebreja/Philippines
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