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Article: 30 New Grant Awards Given to US Charitable Organizations to Fight Hunger.
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- Food Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently awarded 30 grants totaling $8.6 million to 23 U.S. based non-profit, private and voluntary organizations (PVOs), under USAID's International Food Relief Partnerships (IFRP) program.
The IFRP program enables USAID to administer grant awards to U.S. based PVOs for the preparation and storage of shelf-stable pre-packaged food and for the delivery and distribution of those commodities in developing countries.
USAID has approved over 100 IFRP grants since the program began in 2001. The program targets nearly 40 countries and has provided millions of servings of food to those in need.
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