Honduras http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Honduras Country content en NURSERY – MARCOVIA, CHOLUTECA http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/nursery-%E2%80%93-marcovia-choluteca This is one of the six nurseries which is part of the Agroforestry and Resilience to Climate Change Programme being implemented in 45 municipalities in the dry corridor of Honduras. The programme will foster resilience of vulnerable households located in degraded environments and exposed to risks due to climate change through food conditionalities in compliance with health and education, environmental improvement, conservation of biodiversity, value chains and household income. Honduras climate change Honduras nutrition women Local Climate Change Gender Nutrition Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:41:25 +0000 WFP 361697 at http://www.wfp.org NURSERY – MARCOVIA, CHOLUTECA http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/nursery-%E2%80%93-marcovia-choluteca This is one of the six nurseries which is part of the Agroforestry and Resilience to Climate Change Programme being implemented in 45 municipalities in the dry corridor of Honduras. The programme will foster resilience of vulnerable households located in degraded environments and exposed to risks due to climate change through food conditionalities in compliance with health and education, environmental improvement, conservation of biodiversity, value chains and household income. Honduras climate change Honduras nutrition women Local Climate Change Gender Nutrition Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:41:25 +0000 WFP 361697 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: Women Run a Nursery, Learn About Climate Change http://www.wfp.org/stories/launch-wfp-enviromental-project-southern-honduras Single Honduran mothers receive assistance from the Honduran authorities and the WFP to maintain this nursery that they have as a result to generate the economic resources to maintain their families and protect the environment. “We are pleased with this project because it will improve the lives of our families and communities,” says Neptali Amador, Marcovia City Council Member. PRRO Climate Change Honduras Local Americas Climate Change Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:09:15 +0000 Hetze Tosta 358048 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: School Meals in Miskita Communities http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/honduras-school-meals-honduran-miskita-communities It takes up to two days for canoe-like boats to reach the Department of Gracias a Dios with food for the school meals programme which is implemented in remote Miskito communities of Honduras. The school meal programme benefits over 1.4 million children nationwide. Honduras Local School Meals Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:53:32 +0000 WFP 354758 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: Grupo Comidas (Yum! Brands) Raises US$252,700 for WFP http://www.wfp.org/stories/honduras-grupo-comidas-representative-yum-brands-international-honduras-receives-recognition Yum! Brands gave a special recognition to Grupo Comidas for making Honduras the country that has raised the largest amount of funds for WFP projects in the Latin America and Caribbean region through the "From Hunger to Hope" campaign, which is implemented by the franchise worldwide and every year among its customers and workers to help fight against hunger and undernutrition. For Companies School Meals Honduras Local Americas School Meals Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:23:20 +0000 Hetze Tosta 354087 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: IICA and WFP Work Together for Small Holder Farmers http://www.wfp.org/stories/honduras-iica-and-wfp-working-together-small-producers The cooperation agreement between WFP and IICA will help strengthen the organizational capacity and management of cooperatives in Honduras, which have more than 11,300 small holder farmers in their ranks, and participate in WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative (P4P) in Honduras. DEV Purchase for Progress Honduras Local Americas Purchase for Progress Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:17:54 +0000 WFP 342380 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: First Lady Is Honour Witness for WFP-FUNAZUCAR Partnership http://www.wfp.org/stories/honduras-first-lady-honour-witness-wfp-funazucar-partnership  The First Lady of Honduras, Rosa Elena de Lobo, was the honour witness during the signing ceremony of an agreement between World Food Programme (WFP) and the Sugar Industry Foundation ( FUNAZUCAR). DEV School Meals Honduras Local Americas School Meals Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:23:29 +0000 WFP 338287 at http://www.wfp.org Honduras: Now I Set the Prices! http://www.wfp.org/stories/ahora-la-que-pone-los-precios-soy-yo The P4P project in Honduras supports some 11.500 small holder farmers, of which 2.613 are women. Meet Lucrecia Santos Galindo, a participant of this project in the department of Yoro, in northern Honduras. DEV Purchase for Progress Honduras Local Americas P4P Stories from the field Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:55:22 +0000 Hetze Tosta 336616 at http://www.wfp.org IICA strengthens partnership with World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/content/iica-strengthens-partnership-world-food-programme [News article in Spanish] The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the World Food Programme signed an agreement to push joined efforts that will lead to higher agricultural productivity within Latin America and the Caribbean, in a way that would strengthen the access of its inhabitants towards healthy and better quality of foods.  The General Director of IICA, Victor M. Villalobos, affirmed: “More than a document, this agreement is a commitment with all the countries where the IICA and WFP work together. We will also explore the posibilieties in other parts of the hemisphere in order to share our experiences, especially the ones we reach to work with farmers in a small scale.”. The Executive Director of World Food Programme, Erthain Cousin, seeks to consolidate the work of both organizations for the programme Purchase for Progress(P4P), which has been running in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2009. Hunger in the news El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Local hunger in the news Americas Estrategia y Negocios Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:55:46 +0000 WFP 327017 at http://www.wfp.org P4P Field School in Yoro http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/field-school The Field School, the new modality of the Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative in Honduras to teach "hands on" experience to small holder farmers. Honduras Local P4P Stories from the field Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:17:21 +0000 WFP 326641 at http://www.wfp.org