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WFP offers Sao Tome 5 mln dollars for food programs
UPDATED: 08:41, May 12, 2006

World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations plans to spend some 5 million U.S. dollars over the next five years to aid Sao Tome and Principe through meal programs in the islands' schools and health clinics.

According to a report reaching here on Thursday, the WFP representative in Sao Tome Nicaise Kponou announced the new initiative after a meeting with Prime Minister Tome Vera Cruz.

During the past five years, the WFP had spent some 4 million U.S. dollars in food programs for Sao Tome and Principe children under the age of five and pregnant women.

In another development, Public Works Minister Delfim Neves said the government was considering opening the archipelago's post office to private capital.

The postal system, which has 50 employees, was "technically bankrupt," Neves said, adding that the government was thinking of bringing in private sector partners.

Source: Xinhua