State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman on Sunday said the World Bank will provide a grant of Tk255 crore for food aid to the Rohingyas staying in Cox's Bazar.
The state minister said this while talking to reporters after the signing ceremony of an agreement between the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the World Food Program (WFP) at the ministry.
Secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Md Kamrul Hasan, on behalf of the ministry, and Country Director Jane Pearce, on behalf of the WFP, signed the agreement in presence of other senior officials.
Under the agreement, WFP will provide food aid to Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar through the Safety Net System for the Poorest project, funded by the World Bank, said the state minister.
He added: “The project will also provide nutrition education to women, assistance to children under the five in health centres, materials and training in vegetable gardening, plantation and preservation of trees, and mountain slopes.
The project also aims to clean roads and sewers and carry out various awareness activities to prevent anti-social activities in the Rohingya camps.”