The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has started shipping emergency food aid for more than 225,000 people affected by the drought that hit last winter in the far-west and mid-west . Initially, WFP is borrowing close to 800mts of rice from the Nepal Food Corporation. Through the accelerated Food-for-Work program, beneficiaries will earn a two-month ration of rice and fortified wheat flour. The areas most seriously affected are in Bajura, Jumla, Humla, Mugu, Dolpa, Kalikot, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Rukum and Rolpa (\'The west is hungry,' #296).