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Burma: WFP Appeals For Helicopter Funding Aid

Source: Scoop
Yangon : Myanmar | about 1 year ago  
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To date, only just over half of the $50 million required for the logistical operation has been secured and WFP says that much of this money has already been spent on barges, boats, rivercraft and basic infrastructure needed to reach cyclone survivors in remote, hard-hit villages across the Ayeyarwady...
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