All the latest information about WFP operations and issues relating to hunger, as well as access to media resources including photos and video.
"The world of nutrition is evolving. We now know that the effects of under-nutrition are irreversible if a child under two years-old does not receive enough nutritious food. This makes it nearly criminal for the entire world not to act together to counter it." Read more.
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 23 September 2009
"Climate change is a crisis multiplier - on the heels of the food and financial crises, weather-related hunger is now hitting poor and hungry communities with a vengeance. The hunger UN Millennium Development Goal is now the most threatened, losing serious ground as over 150 million more people have joined the ranks of the urgently hungry in the past two years." Read more.
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 22 September 2009
"The double whammy of the financial crisis and the still record high food prices around the world is delivering a devastating blow. Throw in a storm, a drought and a conflict and you have a recipe for disaster." Read more
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 16 September 2009
“Red lights are flashing across the country. People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying – we face a huge challenge and are urging the international community to provide us with the resources we need to get the job done.” Read more
Burkard Oberle, WFP Kenya Country Director 25 August 2009
“Our budget for this year of assessed and approved needs is US$6.7 billion and we expect from our projections and working with government to come in at 3.7 billion.” Read the Web story and our Backgrounder
WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran 30 July 2009
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