Over one million received food aid in 1998, NGOs say

International non-governmental organizations in Liberia said on Wednesday that they distributed 34,725 mt of food to 1.5 million people in the country during 1998, PANA reported. The donations were mainly corn/soya blend, wheat, vegetable oil and beans, they said in a statement released in Monrovia. They also said they gave seed rice and cuttings to over 110,000 farmers. The NGOs include the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Catholic Relief Services, Concern Worldwide, International Foundation for Education and Self-Help, International Rescue Committee, Lutheran World Federation, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision and Movimiento por la Paz, PANA reported.