The government has approved a civic organization’s plan to send rice to North Korea as part of assistance for flood victims there.

An official at the Unification Ministry in Seoul said Wednesday that it has approved the Movement for One Korea’s plan to send 203 tons of rice to North Korea, which has been hit recently by heavy rains and floods.

The official said that the rice aid will be distributed to flood victims in North Pyeongan Province.

The civic organization asked for the government’s permission on September sixth to send the aid.

The ministry has also approved an additional plan set up by the organization and four other civic groups to send two-point-two billion won worth of relief assistance to North Korean flood victims.