“This is an exciting opportunity to fine tune this important project and look at ways that it might be scaled up and replicated in other vulnerable areas of Indonesia,”

said Peter Guest, WFP Indonesia Deputy Country Director, in his opening remarks to the seminar. Read more

“This year, some nine million people across the Sahel will still require food assistance from WFP, through emergency food assistance, rural development, nutrition and education activities, Boosting food security and building resilience lies at the heart of our collective efforts to change the pattern of recurring drought and continue on the path towards a better future.” Read more

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin,

BANGUI – According to a recent rapid food security assessment conducted by the United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations, the political and military crisis of December 2012 and January 2013 could trigger a food crisis in the country.  Read more

"WFP plans to provide assistance to as many as 30,000 Syrians in Egypt by June 2013. We work closely with the beneficiaries to implement the programme; they have been helping us by organizing themselves and they have even offered their homes and facilities to be used for voucher distributions. We were very impressed by the level of their voluntary contribution to the programme,” Read more

WFP Country Director and Representative in Egypt GianPietro Bordignon.