Rohingyas, host community: USAID announces $75m assistance

The USAID has announced an additional USD 75 million in humanitarian assistance to help Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar and members of the host community to meet ongoing needs that have been exacerbated by the increasing costs of food and fuel. With this new funding, USAID will work with the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) to provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance, infrastructure maintenance, disaster risk reduction, and logistics support, said a press release. This new funding will provide assistance to nearly 600,000 people. The food and nutrition assistance includes elec-tronic vouchers for staple and fresh foods at designated distribution sites as well as support to feeding pro-grammes for malnourished children six months to five years of age, and pregnant and lactating women, it said.