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    An international aid agency, World Vision, in agreement with the World Food Programme, will soon begin distributing food to five famine-stricken regions in Chad, World Vision said in statement. Over the next six months, 10,726 mt of cereal are to be distributed to 150,000 people in five southeastern regions, the aid agency said. The total cost is estimated at US $2 million.

    The aid is in response to an appeal made by Chad’s government which had
    estimated that some 1.3 million people risked famine as a result of a food production deficit. The agency also plans to provide supplementary feeding for malnourished children and pregnant and lactating mothers, and to give seeds to some 350,000 people in southwest Chad.

    World Vision is an international agency working in the areas of poverty,
    hunger and injustice in 90 countries.

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