http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Benin Country content en http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/return-school-and-wfp-meals-students School meals in Benin  Benin Local School Meals Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:13:35 +0000 WFP 318897 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/delivering-food-benin Snapshots of logistics in Benin.   Benin Local Logistics Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:49:26 +0000 WFP 287860 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-west-africa-gets-speed-latest-nutrition In early September, WFP nutrition focal points and their government counterparts from 18 countries across West Africa gathered in Dakar for a four-day workshop.    Nutrition Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Côte D'Ivoire Ghana Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Sao Tome And Principe Senegal Sierra Leone The Gambia Togo Local Africa Nutrition Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:50:15 +0000 Isabel Pike 78730 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-prepares-countries-large-scale-disasters-one-pandemic-time Pandemics and large-scale disasters pose specific challenges to humanitarian emergency operations, especially in urban areas. Through a recent one-week pandemic simulation, WFP aimed to prepare countries in West Africa to face these challenges so that they can better assist vulnerable populations. Aid professionals Disaster Risk Reduction Responding to Emergencies Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Ghana Guinea Mali Nigeria Senegal Togo Local Africa Emergencies Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:21:07 +0000 Molly Slotznick 48286 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/wfp-seeks-mcgovern-dole-grant-help-flood-ravaged-benin The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) hopes to offer school feeding to help Benin recover from severe flooding and poverty. Lack of funding has stopped the program from opening this academic year. Hunger in the news Benin hunger in the news Africa American Chronicle Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:30:42 +0000 WFP 31020 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/benin-photo-archive Photos from Benin.  Benin Local School Meals Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:47:26 +0000 WFP 29678 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/providing-food-most-vulnerable-flood-affected-populations-benin From September to November 2010, Benin experienced some of the worst flooding it has seen in a century. WFP has been working since then to provide food assistance to those most affected by the floods and to help these populations resume their livelihood. EMOP Responding to Emergencies Benin Local Africa Floods Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:48:22 +0000 WFP 29583 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/wfp-feed-another-360000-people-flood-hit-benin The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) will extend its support to another 360,000 people in Benin whose lives have been disrupted by the West African country's worst floods in living memory, a spokesman said. At present WFP is feeding 50,000 people who have been driven from their homes by the deluge. Hunger in the news Benin hunger in the news Africa Reuters Alertnet Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:52:29 +0000 WFP 29395 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-markets-and-food-security-factsheet International food prices have increased steeply in the last six months, bringing the UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) Food Price Index to its highest level since September 2008. However, recent harvests have been better and global food stocks are higher. Bangladesh Benin Central African Republic Lao Mozambique Nicaragua Africa Americas Asia Middle East Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:37:06 +0000 WFP 29227 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/emergency-aid-focuses-meeting-basic-needs-flood-victims-benin The United Nations World Food Program has begun distributing food to 50,000 of the 680,000 people who have been hit by heavy floods in Benin. (..) "Basically this is the first time this country has been hit by flooding of this magnitude and aid donors are coming very slowly and there is a fear that if intervention is not done quickly, the situation might deteriorate," said Ouedraogo [World Food Program's country director in Benin]. Hunger in the news Benin hunger in the news Africa VOA News (USA) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:32:43 +0000 WFP 29072 at http://www.wfp.org