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NGO alliance endorses food assistance reform principles
WASHINGTON (April 9, 2013)Leading NGO
allianceInterActionsupports efforts to reform foodassistance
programs and urges U.S. lawmakers to retain the focus of these
programs on reaching theworlds poorest and most vulnerable.
President Barack Obama is expected to include elements of food
assistance reform in his budgetrequest for fiscal year 2014 on
Wednesday. In anticipation of this announcement, leading NGOs
haveagreed on aset of principlesto help guide efforts to reform
food assistance programs.
These reforms must ensure that people who suffer from acute and
chronic hunger are s till the focalpoint of any U.S. food
assistance programs, said Samuel A. Worthington, president and CEO
ofInterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international
NGOs. An estimated one in seven peopleare hungry at any time while
about 100 million people endure severe hunger crises each year.
Anyreforms should have their best interests at heart.
The principlesalso call for an increase in the number of people
helped by U.S. food assistance, whichhas declined significantly in
recent years due to decreases in funding and higher commodity
pricesand distribution costs. In order to reach more hungry people,
food assistance programs must alsoallow for more flexible use of
tools such as cash transfers, food vouchers and the local
procurement ofgoods alongside provision of U.S. commodities and
direct program funding.
InterAction member NGOs, with support from generous American
donors, are on the frontlines oftackling hunger. It is critical to
involve civil society in the reform process, to ensure these
programs are
as effective as they can be in reaching the most poor and
vulnerable, Worthington said.
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