Corporations, foundations and individuals are increasingly playing a vital role in supporting WFP’s work. We are particularly grateful to the following global organizations who have committed time and resources to help us win the fight to end hunger.
Citi
Since 2005, WFP and Citi have collaborated in support of emergency preparedness and response. Citi spearheaded a new initiative to develop the WFP Emergency Network, a private sector alliance of companies who provide cash, services and gifts-in-kind in advance of major emergencies. In 2007 and 2008, the Citi Foundation made a significant donation to the SENAC project, an initiative aimed at improving WFP’s emergency needs assessment process and pre-crisis information management. www.citigroup.com
DSM
For the second year in a row, Netherlands-based global life sciences corporation, DSM has continued to play a lead role in helping WFP improve the nutritional quality of its food in order to meet the varied nutritional needs of the world's most vulnerable people. www.dsm.com
Nationale Postcode Loterij (The Dutch Postcode Lottery)
Since 2005, The Dutch Postcode Lottery (DPL) has made significant annual donations to the school feeding programmes in the food insecure, nomadic areas of Niger, where children are often deprived of access to education and Mali. By providing daily meals at school, WFP allows families to leave their children in boarding schools or with sedentary families while they migrate. www.postcodeloterij.nl/
TNT
TNT has been a major partner of WFP since 2002. The breadth of the partnership has spanned such areas as knowledge transfer, hands-on support, emergency airlifts and fund raising and awareness initiatives. More than half of all TNT employees have been directly involved in the partnership from the start through volunteer or specialist programmes or through fundraising activities. www.tnt.com
Unilever
For a third year, consumer brand leader,Unilever has helped WFP improve the nutrition and health of undernourished school-aged children through WFP's school feeding programmes. Activities include cause-related marketing initiatives on Unilever brands, school feeding/nutrition support and an employee engagement programme. www.unilever.com
Vodafone Foundation/United Nations Foundation
Vodafone Foundation and the United Nations Foundation are helping WFP increase the efficiency and speed of emergency communications through standard ICT solutions, training, networks and immediate dispatch of ICT responders. The partnership will benefit not only WFP, but the entire humanitarian community operating in emergencies. www.vodafonefoundation.org and www.unfoundation.org
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands, the world's largest restaurant company with over 35,000 restaurants in 112 countries and parent of the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food brands, launched its second annual "World Hunger Relief Week" to raise global awareness of the issue of hunger, increasing volunteerism and encouraging donations to WFP. Nearly one million employees, franchisees and their families volunteered in communities, millions of people learned about WFP and its fight to end hunger and most importantly, millions of people in Somalia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Lesotho, India, Rwanda, Columbia, Peru, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Guatemala and, Ethiopia received WFP food rations thanks to the funds raised by Yum! Brands. www.yum.com
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) applies its expertise in management processes to strengthen WFP’s efficiency and effectiveness at headquarters and in the field. www.bcg.com
Credit Suisse sponsors WFP’s food-for-education programmes in Asia. www.credit-suisse.com
Kemin Industries is helping to create a quality control programme to ensure the food being delivered meets the highest standards. www.kemin.com
MCE supports WFP’s human resources division and offers training to improve specific areas of operation. www.mce-ama.com
SAP supports school feeding programmes in Ethiopia, Laos and Columbia. www.sap.com
