Gov’t seeking to redirect IDB nutrition funds to hinterland housing – Sharma

Government is currently seeking to have over US$3M in a loan funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the Basic Nutrition Programme re-directed to a Hinterland Housing Programme.

The original US$5M loan by the IDB for the programme, which was signed in 2010, is under review by the bank after conflicting reports over the success of the Sprinkles nutrition programme, the outstanding packets of the nutritional supplement that have remained undelivered and the remainder that is yet to