China donates $6m to WFP for Ebola response

China has contributed $6m to the UN World Food Programme to support the agency’s emergency operation in response to the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. A WFP disclosed the contribution in a statement in New York on Monday. It quoted Ms Denise Brown, WFP Regional Director for West Africa, as saying that “the contribution comes at a very difficult time when the world needs to reverse Ebola’s advance.” She noted that the agency and its partners are also supplying food to people under medical quarantine, patients receiving treatment, as well as their relatives and affected communities. She said the donation would allow WFP to purchase vital food supplies for over 300,000 people for one month in the three affected countries, as well as support its logistical needs. Brown called on other countries and donor agencies to continue to contribute funds and humanitarian items in order to bring relief to those affected by the Ebola outbreak and the survivors. An estimated 1.3 million people have been impacted by the virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.