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5 February 2013

WFP Scales Up Food Assistance To Reach 2.5 Million People To Meet Growing Needs In Syria

DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its food aid operations inside Syria to reach 2.5 million people in the coming months. In February, WFP is increasing the number of people it plans to reach from 1.5 million to 1.75 million people and is gradually building its capacity to reach two million people in March and 2.5 million vulnerable Syrians by April. Read more

5 February 2013

WFP Helps Vulnerable Families Through Cash Assistance

DUSHANBE – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) completed a pilot cash transfer to around 7,000 of the most vulnerable people in Ayni district of Sughd region during January. Read more

30 January 2013

WFP Postpones Google+ Hangout From Syria Due To Grounded Flights

ROME - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has postponed a Google+ Hangout scheduled to take place today from its office in Damascus until Friday, 1 February at 12.00 NYC / 17.00 London. Read more

28 January 2013

WFP Executive Director Meets Syrian Refugees In Jordan As New Arrivals Surge

“WFP appreciates donor support that has enabled our rapid scale-up but a crisis of this magnitude requires a full global response. We have sufficient supplies of food in stock in Jordan to cover the needs of around 100,000 Syrian refugees for a month, but we need urgent funding to continue providing assistance after that,” Read more

Executive Director Ertharin Cousin

22 January 2013

WFP Executive Director Attends World Economic Forum In Davos

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will attend the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, beginning on 23 January. Read more

21 January 2013

WFP And NAZA Group Of Companies Launch Hunger Quiz To Improve Nutrition In Asia

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the NAZA Group of Companies today launched an online hunger quiz to raise awareness and support for the fight against hunger and undernutrition in Asia. This is the second year that NAZA is sponsoring the initiative. Read more

18 January 2013

US Government Boost For Typhoon Pablo Response

“WFP warmly welcomes this timely and generous cash donation from the U.S. Government, which will greatly boost our ability to flexibly support the Government of the Philippines in this enormous task of helping families and communities severely affected by Typhoon Bopha,” Read More

WFP Country Director Stephen Anderson.

18 January 2013

U.S. and WFP To Feed 300,000 Refugees and Vulnerable Ugandans

WFP Country Director Sory Ouane says the U.S. contribution will enable WFP to provide three months of food assistance to more than 330,000 people. “Refugees continue to arrive in Uganda, and urgently require food support,” Read More

15 January 2013

WFP Executive Director Meets Top Turkish Officials And Visits Syrian Refugees In Turkey

“It’s because of the compassionate response of the Turkish people and WFP’s strong partnership with the government of Turkey that we have been able to rise to the challenge of assisting so many Syrians in need of food assistance during this ongoing humanitarian crisis”. Read More

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin

11 January 2013

Helping the Rural Poor a Priority for Haiti 3 Years After the Earthquake: Says WFP

“Critical crop losses have severely reduced access to food and to income opportunities for the rural population and some households in the worst-affected areas have no food stocks available. As a consequence, food insecurity is on the rise,” Read More

WFP Haiti Country Director Myrta Kaulard