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Q&A with WFP's Sheila Sisulu

WFP staffer remembers when she was a kid getting school meals

Kekeletso Mabeleng remembers vividly how she enjoyed getting WFP school meals when she was a small child in a poor district of Lesotho. Now, as an adult, she works for WFP helping make sure today’s children get the same benefits she did. She has been with WFP for eight years and works as a senior programme assistant, implementing nutrition and health programmes with the government.

Why empowering women farmers is critical for fighting hunger

Empowering Rural Women, an event organised by WFP and UN Women on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly, highlighted the critical role that women farmers can play in defeating hunger. Here is a taste of the discussion, from three of the key figures attending the event, starting with UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet.

Q & A with Valerie Guarnieri

“I felt a real difference the first time I went back to the field as a mother,” says Valerie Guarnieri, whose dedication to feed the hungry has stretched from Sudan, to the Philippines, to her current job as WFP’s Director of Programmes at WFP’s headquarters in Rome.