World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Stephen Anderson is the United Nations World Food Program's country director in Manila. He compares the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the southern United States in 2005. "It was more rain in fact than Hurricane Katrina and you know up to 20 feet of water engulfed some parts of Manila, especially the low lying areas," he said.

In Manila, millions of residents now live in a world of mud. (..) For today, as international aid pours in from organizations like the Red Cross and the World Food Program, Manila residents are slowly retrieving their homes and livelihoods from the mud.

AS the United Nations assured the Philippines of its continuing assistance and endorsements of the country’s call for aid from member countries, the millions of Filipinos working abroad are pouring aid into their typhoon Ondoy-devastated homeland. (..) Meanwhile, the UN World Food Program has released an initial batch of vital food rations to around 180,000 victims. “We, at the UN, stand with the people of the Philippines during this time of great need and great tragedy,” Josette Sheeran, executive director of the WFP, told the BusinessMirror in New York City.

Overwhelmed Philippine authorities appealed for international aid on Monday as the death toll from once-in-a-lifetime floods soared to 140 and weary survivors sheltered in squalid conditions.
Two days after the horror storm sent torrents of water through the nation's capital Manila and surrounding provinces, the government conceded it was unable to deal with the disaster on its own and needed urgent help.

Rescuers plucked bodies from muddy floodwaters and saved drenched survivors from rooftops Sunday after Typhoon Ondoy tore through Luzon and left at least 106 people dead and missing. (..) Officials said they hoped the roads would be cleared soon to enable the Department of Health (DOH) and representatives of international groups like the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Food Program (WFP) to assess the damage and the conditions in evacuation centers.

Actress KC Concepcion is set to appear at the 2009 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix this Sunday, September 27, to raise awareness about world hunger. Concepcion was appointed the country's national ambassador against hunger by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The actress is set to promote the WFP's "Fill the Cup" campaign at the Grand Prix.

Food security will continue to remain a key concern for thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) on the southern island of Mindanao, despite moves towards possible peace talks, says the World Food Programme (WFP).

Aid workers have welcomed a breakthrough in discussions between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels on the island of Mindanao (..). Stephen Anderson, country director for the World Food Programme in the Philippines, said the breakthrough was a "positive development", especially in conjunction with the July ceasefire.

(..) In the Philippines, actress KC Concepcion has been leading the fight against hunger in Mindanao as the country’s ambassador for the humanitarian agency United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP).

The Government is planning to spend an estimated P144.8 million to facilitate the return of displaced families in Maguindanao province (..). The returning families, he added, will receive P17.3 million in cash allowances to cover two weeks worth of expenses in addition to food rations from aid agencies World Food Programme and the International Committee for the Red Cross.