The first 500 tons of Ukrainian grain are heading to Syria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that 500 tons of wheat flour from Ukraine is being sent to Syria as part of the 'Grain from Ukraine' humanitarian program. The program, which aims to provide grain to the poorest countries in Africa, will provide flour to 33,250 families in Syria, enough to feed 167,000 people for a month. This comes as the UN highlights that over 12 million Syrians do not have adequate food access, with three million in acute hunger, due to civil war, reduced agricultural production, and increased food prices.

500 tons of Ukrainian wheat flour are already heading to Syria as part of the humanitarian program “Grain from Ukraine”. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. In the coming weeks, 33,250 families, or 167,000 people, will receive flour. Each package weighs 15 kilograms and can feed a family of five for a month. “Grain from Ukraine” is a humanitarian food program that was launched on November 26, 2022, on the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Holodomor of 1932-1933. Its goal is to deliver grain to the poorest countries in Africa. Now the program has been expanded to include Syria. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains difficult, despite the fall of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad. According to the UN, more than 12 million Syrians do not have adequate access to food. The World Food Program notes that three million Syrian citizens were in a state of acute hunger. The civil war destroyed agricultural production, significantly ...