A daily selection of news reports from the world's media dealing with hunger and responses to it.
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Michael Kors has partnered with the United Nations on a long-term fundraising project to help tackle world hunger. The designer has joined the UN World Food Programme which aims to provide assistance and sustenance to those in need, particularly mothers and children. (..) Kors plans to raise money and awareness of the programme through a series of campaigns and events - starting with the launch of two unisex watches in March, under the slogan: "Watch Hunger Stop". Each watch sold will allow for 100 children to be fed through the initiative.
Donors channelling funds towards Syrian refugees in Lebanon must also assist their poor Lebanese hosts to diffuse rising tensions, aid workers and a government official said ahead of an international pledging conference for humanitarian aid to Syria and its neighbours. (..) Aid agencies have already tried to tailor their programmes accordingly. Instead of distributing food, for example, the World Food Programme (WFP) gives refugees vouchers to redeem food at local shops with which it has signed contracts.
The United Nations says the huge influx of Syrian refugees crossing into neighboring Jordan during the past week was larger than anticipated and left its agencies, already suffering from a funding shortfall, reeling under the influx. U.N. officials are crying out for more funding as they rush to build showers, toilets and a school for the newcomers. (..) International donors have pledged less than 3 percent to a $1 billion U.N. appeal made last month to aid the more than 670,000 Syrian refugees estimated to have fled to surrounding countries during the 22-month uprising to topple President Bashar Assad. The U.N. says it hopes a donor conference for Syrian refugees Wednesday in Kuwait will rectify the dire funding situation.