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Living, Working and Raising Kids In Kabul (Staff Profile)

There’s nothing easy about life in Kabul, but Mirwais Shinwary says he wouldn’t live anywhere else. After fleeing to Pakistan in the 1990s, he jumped at the chance to help rebuild his country and get his hands on some cutting-edge telecom gear as the leader of WFP’s crack IT unit.
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Uganda: WFP Doubles Food Bought In Millennium Village

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran promised during a visit to the village of Ruhiira to double the amount of food that WFP buys from local women farmers. The beans produced in this southern village -- part of the Millennium Village Project -- go to feed hungry children in the north.

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Hunger Ambassador McGovern Skydives To Raise Awareness

On his 88th birthday, former US Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern completed a skydive to raise awareness about hunger. The 18,000-foot jump, the first ever for the former US Air Force pilot, was recorded on video by the Skydive Space Center in Florida.

   

The Quote

 

I'm not sure if there's real security, but I'm taking the chance.

    

       
       Uzamukumbda Butama
       a woman who has recently returned
       to her home in eastern Congo after
       being displaced by conflict 18 months
       ago. She and many other returnees
       are receiving WFP food as they try to
       start again. Read more

 

'On the road' video blog

 

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