Switzerland donates 150 tons of powdered milk to Cuba

Switzerland donates 150 tons of powdered milk to Cuba
Published February 10, 2016 EFE

Switzerland donated 150 tons of powdered milk for social programs
serving children, the elderly and pregnant women in Cuba, state
television reported.

Donations of milk "have been going on for more than 20 years" as part of
Switzerland's humanitarian assistance programs, with most of the
donations being made in emergency situations and the aftermath of
natural disasters, Swiss Ambassador to Cuba Anne Pascale Krauer Müller said.

The powdered milk will be distributed to households, nursing homes,
boarding schools and people enrolled in the family assistance programs
in five eastern provinces, as well as in Pinar del Rio and Matanzas
provinces in the west.

Laura Melo, the World Food Program's representative in Cuba, said the
U.N. agency "supports efforts by the Cuban government to provide food
security for the most vulnerable people on the island who, many times,
are the elderly, children and pregnant women."

The ceremony marking the delivery of the donated Swiss powdered milk was
held at the comprehensive day care center for the elderly in Old Havana. EFE

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