http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Guinea Country content en http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/wfp-west-africa-nutrition-focus-increased-use-specialized-nutritious-foods nutrition photo gallery for west africa  Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Côte D'Ivoire Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone The Gambia Togo Local Nutrition Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:34:57 +0000 WFP 398386 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/guinea-conakry-and-niger-study-visits-brazil-may-2012 The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger hosted two missions from Guinea Conakry and Niger aiming at learning from Brazilian food security success stories on May 2-10. The deleagations were composed of government representatives of different departments along with WFP and FAO staff. They were led by the Guinean Ministry of Education and the Niger General Secretary for the High Commission on Food and Nutrition Security (3N).   During the first week, the missions took part in a field trip to Fortaleza and other villages in the Northeast State of Ceará. They had the opportunity to visit public schools meals initiatives and meet with local managers of pertinent programmes and traditional communities. On the following week in Brasilia, the delegations participated in the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development's “International Seminar on Social Policies for Development”. After meeting with government authorities and smallholder farmers, they learned how family agriculture and school meal policies can be channeled through local food purchase programmes, such as PNAE – National School Feeding Programme and PAA – National Food Purchase Programme.    Finally, both missions concluded their study visits to Brazil with interactive discussion sessions. This enabled them to draft Plans of Action which outline concrete actions to advance sustainable school feeding and food security policies in their countries. Brazil food security Guinea Niger policy school feeding south south cooperatrion Study visit Local Centre of Excellence against Hunger Wed, 16 May 2012 18:34:35 +0000 WFP 242664 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/photos/gallery/guinea School Meals in Guinea Guinea Local Emergencies Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:47:38 +0000 WFP 33115 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/japan-gives-guinea-us58-million-health The Japanese government has released US$5.8 million to Guinea to help it to tackle food insecurity in the most under-privileged areas, a statement from the office of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. (..) WFP representative, Fatma Samoura, said thanks to that distribution, her institution would be able to take vital food and nutritional support to 'vulnerable people' until late 2010. Hunger in the news Guinea hunger in the news Africa Afrique En Ligne Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +0000 WFP 28022 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/guinea-climbing-out-donor-funding-gap More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency". (..) The needs, he said, centred on livelihoods, health and nutrition. N’zérékoré, where the NGO is based, is in Guinea’s lush Forest Region but has the highest proportion of people facing moderate and severe food insecurity at 52.7 percent, according to a 2010 World Food Programme study. Hunger in the news Guinea hunger in the news Africa IRIN Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000 WFP 27248 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/un-shutdown-critical-air-service-west-africa The World Food Program says it will have to shut down the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service in the west African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia because it has run out of cash. The World Food Program says shutting down the Humanitarian Air Service on Wednesday will have terrible consequences for about one-quarter of a million people in west Africa who rely on the service for essential needs. Hunger in the news Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone hunger in the news Africa VOA News (USA) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:44:44 +0000 WFP 25615 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/guinea%E2%80%99s-humanitarian-flights-may-be-grounded Lack of funding is threatening the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Guinea, which needs over $3 million before the end of March to be able to continue transporting urgent relief items and aid workers in the country and the wider region. “I am deeply concerned about the impact of a possible discontinuation of the flights in the absence of alternatives in terms of air transport,” said Fatma Samoura, Country Director in Guinea for the World Food Programme (WFP), which manages the air service. Hunger in the news Guinea hunger in the news Africa Afrol News Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:11 +0000 WFP 21305 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/guinea-child-malnutrition-moving-beyond-stop-gaps Nutrition experts in Guinea are studying options for treating moderately malnourished children, as funding shortages disrupt normal programmes using fortified flour.(..)WFP is seeking funds to maintain CSB stocks in Guinea. “We recently received some CSB but needs still outweigh supply,” WFP-Guinea head of programme Foday Turay told IRIN. Hunger in the news Guinea hunger in the news Africa IRIN Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:57:54 +0000 WFP 21165 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/international-mediators-fear-guinea-could-destabilize-region Economic Community of West African States Secretary General says Guinea is a potentially 'explosive' situation that could undermine regional efforts to consolidate peace in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Ivory Coast.(..)Thomas Yanga directs World Food Program operations in West Africa. "The security situation remains very unstable. A deterioration of the situation leading to population displacement could potentially affect the sub-region," Yanga said. Hunger in the news Guinea hunger in the news Africa Voice of America Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000 WFP 19027 at http://www.wfp.org