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The United Nations has temporarily closed
Monday its distribution sites for food in Port-au-Prince, after finding
counterfeit food coupons, has announced a program manager. Stopping the distribution of rice on a
site of Petion-Ville, a suburb of the Haitian capital, was decided for
the day after the discovery of these counterfeit coupons in circulation.
The suspension affects some 10,000
people, said David Orr, the World Food Program (WFP). WFP has set up 16 distribution points for food
in the greater Port-au-Prince, which has about one million homeless in
the aftermath of the earthquake of January 12. It distributes bags of rice of 25 kg,
corresponding to the needs of a family for about two weeks. Distributions are expected to resume
tomorrow.
