United Nations World Food Programme (Rome)
Website: http://www.wfp.org/
December 3
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Liberia: HIV Mother Puts Pain Aside and Works to Help Community
Learning that she was HIV+ and that her husband had hidden the truth of his condition from her was a double shock for Florence, who lives in Liberia's capital Monrovia. But with... Read more »
November 30
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Africa: Nutrition in HIV Treatment and Care Slows Down HIV [press release]
This World AIDS Day (1 December) we are observing unprecedented results in the prevention and treatment of HIV. Access to adequate and nutritious food for a person living with HIV... Read more »
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Southern Africa: Millions Face Food Shortages [press release]
Working with government and partners, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up efforts to deliver food assistance to more than 3.5 million people in drought-hit... Read more »
November 29
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Africa: WFP Marks Ten Years On Front Lines Against Aids
World AIDS Day on December 1 marks ten years since WFP began providing specialised nutritional assistance to people suffering from the HIV virus. Ensuring that patients get the... Read more »
November 27
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Congo-Kinshasa: WFP Food Brings Lifeline to Thousands Fleeing Unrest in Eastern DRC
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of people are on the move, balancing their belongings on their heads or on chukudus, the local wooden scooters. They pack the... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Hunger Crisis Looms As Families Flee Fighting in Eastern Congo
An upsurge of fighting in Eastern Congo has forced thousands of families to flee their homes, leaving them with little access to food. WFP, which was already feeding nearly half a... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: WFP Distributes Food to 81,000 People Displaced by Recent Clashes in North Kivu
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing vital food assistance to roughly 81,000 displaced people who have taken refuge in and around Goma, amid the ongoing... Read more »
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Madagascar: WFP Warns of Funding Shortage Ahead of Cyclone Season
The World Food Programme in Madagascar issued an alert today, warning that it has been unable to pre-position sufficient quantities of relief food in critical cyclone-prone zones... Read more »
November 24
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Malawi: Patchy Rains Bring Harvests to Some, Hunger to Many
Drought in parts of Malawi spelled disaster for farmers like Saukila who live from harvest to harvest, surviving on what they can grow. Fortunately other areas of the country were... Read more »
November 22
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Africa: E-Consultation to Shape Fight Against Hunger After 2015
As the target date nears for the Millennium Development Goals, the UN food agencies and their partners want to hear from you on how best to tackle hunger and malnutrition after... Read more »
November 21
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Africa: How Nutrition Feeds a Healthy Childhood [interview]
Nutrition plays a fundamental role in the life of every child. Without it, children cannot grow up to reach their full potential and face health risks like stunting that haunt them... Read more »
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Egypt: WFP Starts Food Distributions for Families in Gaza
In the face of ongoing conflict in Gaza, WFP is pressing ahead with food distributions to ensure that families in the embattled territory don't go hungry. WFP is monitoring the... Read more »
November 18
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South Sudan: Dutch Road Funding Helps Communities and Economy in South Sudan
In a significant move aimed at helping South Sudan strengthen its infrastructure and improve people's livelihoods, the Government of the Netherlands will contribute more than US$21... Read more »
November 12
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Malawi: Group Appeals for Aid to Relief Food Shortages
The United States Agency for International Development/Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) has contributed food valued at US$14.1 million (MK 4.23 billion) to the United Nations World Food... Read more »
November 10
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Ethiopia: UN Agencies, Experts Join Forces in Addis Ababa to Work Toward Nutrition Solutions
A groundbreaking meeting in the Ethiopian capital this week has strengthened efforts to scale up nutrition initiatives under the Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger and... Read more »
November 9
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Sudan: Darfur Women Graduate From Safe Stoves Project
Nearly ten years of conflict and displacement in Darfur have created a complex humanitarian crisis. Combined with a series of droughts, the situation has led to the rapid depletion... Read more »
November 7
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Lesotho: Drought but Not Out in Lesotho [press release]
Like many others in Lesotho, the farmers of the country's southern highlands are reeling from two consecutive crop failures. WFP is among the UN agencies helping them meet their... Read more »
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Tanzania: Sky Is the Limit for School Meals Girl
Nim Doma Sherpa, who became the first WFP school meals recipient to climb Everest, is now preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania next year as part of her team's mission... Read more »
November 6
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Egypt: Vodafone Renews Its Commitment to WFP's School Meals Programme in Upper Egypt [press release]
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) signed a second partnership agreement with Vodafone Egypt Foundation to support thousands of people through WFP's school meals programme in the... Read more »
November 1
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South Sudan: Positive Impact of Nutrition Support Among Refugee Children
A combined effort by health, water, sanitation and nutrition partners, including the World Food Programme (WFP), to reduce alarming malnutrition rates amongst Sudanese refugees who... Read more »
October 29
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West Africa: WFP Joins the Fight Against Locusts in the Sahel
As families in the Sahel struggle to recover from this year's hunger crisis, tens of millions of locusts threaten to swarm across the region devouring the new harvest. To ensure... Read more »
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Africa: WFP Partners Gather for Strategic Talks in Rome
The heads of more than 20 humanitarian relief agencies and NGOs will gather in Rome this week to discuss how to strengthen their relationship with WFP during its Annual Partnership... Read more »
October 24
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South Sudan: Engineering Grad Remembers Childhood as a Refugee [opinion]
Chep Makur Chuot was nine years old when his family fled their home in South Sudan. He spent the next 12 years in a refugee camp in Kenya, where WFP's school meals programme helped... Read more »
October 22
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Senegal: Canadian Prime Minister Visits Senegal to Be Briefed On WFP's Operations in the Region
The Prime Minister used this opportunity to announce a partnership between Canada, WFP, FAO and UNICEF, to address chronic food insecurity in Senegal. Canada, through the Canadian... Read more »
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Africa: Statement By WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin On the Death of Former U.S. Senator George Mcgovern [press release]
I and everyone at the United Nations World Food Programme today deeply mourn the loss of U.S. Senator George McGovern. He was a founding father of our organization, our first... Read more »
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