[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12222-S12223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         COMMENDING JUDY LEWIS

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I bring to the Senate's attention 
that October 16 is World Food Day. As the largest international food 
aid organization in the world, the United Nations World Food Program 
feeds 52.9 million people in 84 countries and deserves special 
recognition.

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  Millions of people have survived civil unrest, famine and other 
disasters because of a project called Food-for-Life which makes 
emergency operations the primary focus of the World Food Program. Other 
projects include Food-for-Work which uses food as a tool to encourage 
people to work within their communities in order to become self reliant 
and Food-for-Growth which distributes food aid at schools, clinics and 
hospitals to help children and pregnant women.
  I am proud to say that Judy Lewis, a native of Scott County, 
Mississippi, and past Director of Organization of my 1978 campaign 
staff, has been named the World Food Program's Country Director for 
Ethiopia. Since 1992, Ms. Lewis has many times endured dangerous 
conditions to participate first-hand in helping to bring food to 
starving people whose lives were threatened by natural disasters or 
armed conflicts. She has played a key role in many of the World Food 
Program's biggest emergency and development projects around the world 
in places like Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Somalia. As Country 
Director for Ethiopia, Ms. Lewis will be managing a $30 million 
emergency and development operation aiming to help over 800,000 people, 
focusing on refugees, famine relief and urban poverty.
  I commend Ms. Lewis for her strength and diligence. And I 
congratulate the World Food Program for all of its good work.

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