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Food Scarce For Refugees In South Sudan 
Blog Post By Executive Director Ertharin Cousin Ahead Of G8 Summit
  • Story 1 day ago

    G8: Public and Private Coming Together

    As world leaders from the Group of Eight meet this weekend to discuss global food security, WFP Head of Private Partnerships Nancy Roman writes about the exciting inroads against hunger that become possible when governments team up with business.
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  • @WFP 1 day ago

    Join us here Thurs 8 am EST as @WFP ED Ertharin Cousin discusses importance of nutrition w/ U.S. lawmakers ahead of #G8. #ScalingUpNutrition

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  • WFP Photos 1 day ago

    Food For Syrian Refugees In Jordan

    Food For Syrian Refugees In Jordan
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  • Story 2 days ago

    Nicaragua: "Empowered Women With Well-Fed Families"

    Very early in the morning, three WFP colleagues and myself begin our journey to the mountains of northern Nicaragua on a winding, partially paved road. Our purpose is to participate in a celebration to mark International Women’s Day, an activity organized by women from 10 rural communities who also eager to share their achievements after participating in the Cash for Work programme.
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  • Hunger in the News 1 day ago

    WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid

    Source: VOA WFP West Africa spokesman Malik Triki said food crises in the Sahel have become more frequent in recent years - but not like this. (..) Whereas the 2005 and 2010 food crises hit mainly two countries - in Niger and Chad - this current crisis has hit in no less than 8 countries from Mauritania all the way to Chad,” he said. (..) This operation costs at least $790 million. And we still have a shortfall of around $360 million," he said.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 2 days ago

    After Long Journey, South Sudan Returnees Come Home To Juba

    After Long Journey, South Sudan Returnees Come Home To Juba
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  • @WFP 2 days ago

    Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, says @UNOCHA http://t.co/5S5mNfuV #ssudan

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  • Video 1 day ago

    Hungry Planet: Rio+20 edition

    Hungry Planet: Rio+20 edition

    The latest episode of Hungry Planet features a special report ahead of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. A family in Bangladesh learns to cope with climate change; families from Chad struggle with drought in the Sahel region of Africa; and families in Ethiopia find ways to grow more and better food.
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  • Hunger in the News 2 days ago

    North Star Alliance Director Named Social Entrepreneur At WEF Africa

    Source: North Star Alliance

    North Star Alliance Director, Paul Matthew, has been named Social Entrepreneur of the Year Africa by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum on Africa. Matthew, a South African national, was one of five African social entrepreneurs to be presented with the award at a special ceremony, which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  • Video 2 days ago

    Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rajiv Shah

    Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rajiv Shah

    Despite the faces of suffering that he has seen, Rajiv Shah, Administrator for USAID, remains optimistic about our ability to end hunger for the world’s most vulnerable populations
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  • Story 2 days ago

    Food Vouchers Boost Nutrition And Markets In Somalia

    Families in the Somilaland region of northern Somalia are enjoying a more balanced diet thanks to food vouchers which they can use to shop for goods like camel and goat meat at the local market. By allowing them to buy directly from local traders, the project is also a boost for the region's economy.
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  • News Release 1 week ago

    WFP Executive Director To Participate In May 18 Symposium Advancing Food Security At The G8 Summit

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will be in the United States from 17 to 22 May to participate in several high-level food security and nutrition events on the margins of the upcoming G8 summit at Camp David.
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  • @WFP 3 days ago

    World's hungry need food security at top of global agenda: WFP ED Ertharin Cousin's @ChicagoCouncil blog to #G8 http://t.co/XJyfwWQ2

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  • Hunger in the News 3 days ago

    With food prices escalating, the G8 has to deliver on its plan for Africa

    Source: The Guardian

    Ahead of the two-day meeting of the G8 at Camp David, which kicks off on Friday, Barack Obama will announce what is currently being called "the new alliance to increase food security and nutrition." It's an initiative by members of the G8 designed to tackle hunger in half a dozen African nations, which has been the subject of intense inter-governmental back channel negotiations for the past few weeks. (..) The plan as it stands this weekend is for a programme designed to lift 50 million people out of poverty across six African nations.
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  • Youtube Video 3 days ago

    How We're Innovating In Afghanistan

    How We're Innovating In Afghanistan

    On mission in Kabul, WFP Director of Programmes Valerie Guarnieri talks about some of the more creative food-assistance programmes underway in Afghanistan that are helping communities to provide for themselves.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago

    Refugees From Mali Find Hope And Food

    Refugees From Mali Find Hope And Food
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  • Food Factor Podcast 1 week ago

    Responding To Drought And Conflict In Mali

    Drought and conflict are a recipe for disaster in a country like Mali where hunger and malnutrition indicators are high even in the best of times. In this episode, we talk with WFP Country Director Nancy Walters who is leading a complex emergency operation to deliver food to people affected by the crisis.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago

    WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin In Drought-Hit Niger

    WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin In Drought-Hit Niger
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  • Youtube Video 1 week ago

    "I Will Take This Money And I Will Buy Food"

    "I Will Take This Money And I Will Buy Food"

    WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin visits a village in Niger where WFP is providing families with cash in exchange for work on projects building long-term food security in their community.
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  • Youtube Video 1 week ago

    How WFP food aid gets to South Sudan

    How WFP food aid gets to South Sudan
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