AlQa'dah 23, 1435, Sep 18, 2014, SPA -- The UN's World Food Programme says it has been promised donations of 22 million dollars to provide aid to Ebola-hit West African countries. According to dpa, the World Bank has promised 18.7 million dollars, earmarked for Guinea (7.1 million dollars), Sierra Leone (6 million dollars) and Liberia (5.6 million dollars). The International Fund for Agricultural Development, another Rome-based UN agency dealing with nutrition issues, has pledged 3 million dollars to benefit "rural communities across all the affected countries," WFP says. "Medical treatment without food and water will not effectively combat the disease," WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin says.
