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WFP supports for a cleaner Conakry

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    The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing assistance worth 1.1 million dollars over a one-year period for a city-cleaning pilot project in Conakry, Guinea, WFP said.

    The WFP's representative in Guinea, Mohamed Ibrahim Sharif, said on Thursday at the launch of the project that the WFP assistance would go towards improving the disposal and treatment of urban waste, cleaning gutters and other cleaning activities.

    During the launch, 14 tonnes of rice, beans and palm oil were distributed to 405 women who, divided into 11 groups, are involved in the clean-up drive, WFP said in a press release.

    Under the project, the WFP will distribute 1,935 tonnes of food, washing soap, tools and protective gear to women's and youth groups in poor neighbourhoods in Conakry and to workers of garbage-collection companies.

    On 19 February, the WFP and the Guinean government signed agreements on two rural and urban development projects totalling US $4.7 million. The WFP assistance will be mainly in the form of food and other material aid.

    Since 1990, the WFP has given Guinea development aid to the sum of US $20 million.

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