http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Timor-Leste Country content en http://www.wfp.org/content/helping-our-closest-neighbour YOUNG KFC store manager, Debbie Forsyth, travelled to East Timor earlier this year to help with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). KFC’s parent company, Yum, is a WFP partner. They run the World Hunger Relief project and every year KFC stores across Australia raise money to fight hunger in a different country.(..)In East Timor, WFP are building school kitchens and providing school children with one meal a day. Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news Asia The Young Witness (Australia) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:05:18 +0000 WFP 31605 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/school-meals-timor-leste School Meals Programme is to allow Children to focus on their studies not their stomachs Timor-Leste Local School Meals Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:54:55 +0000 WFP 30555 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/food-security-east-timor In 2002, East Timor became the youngest nations in the world when gained full independence from Indonesia, which invaded the country in 1975. The road had been long and hard and the country remains fragile. Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news Asia Reuters Alertnet Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0000 WFP 28624 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/food-processing-plant-help-east-timors-malnourished East Timor's first food processing plant has begun producing blended foods tailored to the nutritional needs of the country. (..) The United Nations' World Food Programme says the Dili plant will cut the cost of distributing fortified foods, create jobs and provide a market for small farmers. The Programme's country director Joan Fleuren says starting the operation in East Timor, one of Asia's poorest countries, was a risky venture. Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news ABC Radio Australia Asia Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000 WFP 27216 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/fortified-food-plant-nutritional-dividends-timor-leste Timor-Leste's first ever food processing plant is now turning out blended foods tailored to the nutritional needs of the poor Southeast Asian nation.  The new plant, set up with crucial input from WFP, will cut the cost of distributing fortified foods, create jobs and provide a market for small farmers. http://www.wfp.org/stories/fortified-food-plant-nutritional-dividends-timor-leste#comments Nutrition Timor-Leste Asia Nutrition Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:56:17 +0000 Justin Smith 27144 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/world-food-programme-supports-private-company-east-timor Private Timorese company Timor Global plans to produce nutritious foodstuffs for pregnant women and infants, with the support of the World Food Programme (WFP), WFP representative Joan Fleuren said in Dili Thursday. Under the name of Timor-Vita, the factory will produce a food supplement, which will be packaged in small quantities to make distribution and storage easier and will be ready to eat. Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news Asia MacauHub Fri, 28 May 2010 14:14:15 +0000 WFP 23130 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/timor-leste-un-helps-set-local-factory-produce-fortified-food Vulnerable people in Timor-Leste will receive a nutritional boost, thanks to a new food fortification factory set up with assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The new site will produce fortified blended food, called Timor-Vita, targeted for children under the age of five and pregnant and lactating women. Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news Asia UN News Centre Wed, 26 May 2010 13:56:07 +0000 WFP 23101 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/timor-leste-coping-seasonal-food-shortages The WFP says about one-third of Timor-Leste’s 1.1 million inhabitants regularly experience food shortages, notably towards the end of the two lean seasons between harvests, October-November and February-March.(..)“This is probably one of the most effective food-based interventions against child malnutrition,” Joan Fleuren, the WFP country representative in Dili, said(..) Hunger in the news Timor-Leste hunger in the news Asia IRIN Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:51:39 +0000 WFP 22023 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/australian-government-aid-boosts-emergency-response-capacity-timor-leste SAME – Emergency response capacity in Timor-Leste has been given a considerable boost with the opening of three warehouses built or refurbished by funds donated by the Australian Government, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Monday. Logistics Responding to Emergencies Timor-Leste Asia Emergencies Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:29:46 +0000 WFP 20503 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-thanks-japan-support-improve-mother-and-child-nutrition DILI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanked the Government of Japan on Thursday for its generous donation of Japanese Yen 220,000,000 (US$ 2.4 million) to support mother and child nutrition programmes in Timor-Leste. Nutrition Timor-Leste Asia Focus on Women Nutrition Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:54:56 +0000 WFP 20145 at http://www.wfp.org