All the latest information about WFP operations and issues relating to hunger, as well as access to media resources including photos and video.
“In times of crisis, development aid is more needed than ever, because the most needy are the ones who suffer the consequences. In the face of extreme hunger, we have to respond efficiently and quickly. Delayed response increases the cost of the crises for all involved." Read more
Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos
"We must mobilise all world citizens – not just global leaders –to feed the more than one billion hungry people around the world. " Read more
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 17 November 2009
“Citizen action has abolished slavery, given women the right to vote, and helped to ban the use of landmines across much of our planet, in the month when we are marking the role of ordinary people in bringing about the fall of the Berlin wall, why shouldn’t we draw on that inspiration and try to harness the power of individual action to feed the world’s hungriest people?” Read more
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran14 November 2009
“The intensity of the rainfall over the last 24 hours surpassed that of Hurricane Mitch 11 years ago, severe flooding washed away entire harvests, homes and livelihoods. This disaster has compromised the food security of thousands of people.” Read more
WFP Representative in El Salvador Dorte Ellehammer 10 November 2009
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