The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed to help the Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal by providing a US $ 1 million aid. The money will be provided to World Food Programme (WFP) and it will help to provide food to over 17000 refugees. WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. Each year, WFP assistssome 80 million people in around 75 countries.USAID has been regularly contributing to WFP for the past ten years and at present it is the biggest supporter of the programme. Between the years 2006 and 2016, USAID has contributed close to US$34 million to WFP. WFP has been working hard to make life easier for the Bhutanese refugees. In the first quarter of 2016, it distributed some 730 metric tons of food to them. Additionally, extra rations were provided to those ofthem who are children under the age of five, pregnant women and nursing mothers and HIV and TB patients. WFP is also working to help promote and enable self-reliance among the refugees by providing tools, seeds, and guidance to them for cultivating and maintaining their own vegetable gardens. The refugee community is happy on receiving this aid and WFP Representative and Country Director Ms. Pippa Bradford has also expressed her gratefulness on behalf of WFP.