03.05.2007 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Rise of consumer gas prices by averagely 30 per cent and rise in bread prices; government blamed for not limiting steep increase ("Energy Price Rise Rattles Georgia") [ID 19822]

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30.11.2005 - Source: ReliefWeb

President Saakashvili pledged 100 free canteens for vulnerable persons; UN World Food Programme welcomed US donation which bridges gap in food supplies in Georgia; the contribution shall be distributed among the poorest communities in Georgia ("Georgia: Humanitarian and development update Nov 2005 (United Nations Country Team in Georgia)") [#40514], [ID 6051]

"At presentation Mikheil Saakashvili has addressed the private sector to assist the elimination of hunger in country. He pledged to open additional 100 free canteens for the vulnerable persons in the coming future. Indeed, couple of more free canteens were already opened in Tbilisi and Mtskheta and in Rustavi. [...]
On 17 November, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$ 1.25 million donation from USAID’s Food for Peace Programme which bridges a serious gap in food supplies that has been threatening WFP’s relief and recovery operation in Georgia.
The US contribution is in the form of 2,000 metric tons of wheat flour and 200 metric tons of vegetable oil, to be distributed among Georgia’s most impoverished communities. According to WFP’s 2004 pre-harvest survey, an estimated 70 percent of poor Georgian farmers suffer from an insufficient intake of kilocalories. Even more suffer from an imbalanced diet which is highly dependent on bread, potatoes and inadequate protein.
WFP currently runs Food-for-Work projects to help over 170,000 small rural landowners strengthen their agricultural assets and build self-reliance through rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage channels, reclamation of arable and pasture land, construction of protecting gabions, water pipelines and rural roads.
In addition, WFP has recently expanded its scope of operation by complementing the Government’s effort to bring institutionalised children home to their natural families. Over 6,000 primary school children in the most deprived communities of the country are currently assisted by WFP’s school feeding programme that addresses hunger, promotes education and encourages parents to keep their children in local schools. [...]
The team of the Turkish Red Crescent Society distributed food to 1,500 families in Tbilisi."

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21.07.2003 - Source: UN Security Council

Abkhazia: Report focused on political process, human rights and humanitarian situation ("Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia S/2003/751") [#14606], [ID 6052]

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12.2001 - Source:

SDS (Assistance Georgia): Georgia Food Security Situation ("12/2001 - SDS (Assistance Georgia): Georgia Food Security Situation") [ID 6053]

Document(s): 12/2001 - SDS (Assistance Georgia): Georgia Food Security Situation