USAID Provides Flood Assistance to Angola

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: April 15, 2008 | Copyright information

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: USAID Press Office, +1-202-712-4320

WASHINGTON, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided an initial $50,000 for the purchase of emergency relief supplies and shelter materials for flood-affected populations in Angola.

Since late January, heavy rains in southern Angola have led to flooding, particularly affecting Cunene and Kuando Kubango provinces. The...

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