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Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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School Meals

24 May 2013

School Feeding Crucial In Crisis Times, Yet The Most Needy Still Miss Out, New Report Finds

ROME – The State of School Feeding Worldwide report is being launched today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), providing for the first time a global picture and analysis of school feeding programmes in well-off countries as well as in developing nations, and data on how governments use school meals as a “safety net” in times of crisis.

For Companies

22 May 2013

HNA Group, WFP Sign Agreement To Provide School Meals For Children In Ghana

BEIJING –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a new partnership with HNA Group – a leading China-based corporation - to fight hunger globally.

School Meals

21 May 2013

Global Child Nutrition Forum 2013 Kicks Off In Brazil

BRASILIA – Close to 300 delegates from 37 countries are converging today on Costa do Sauípe, Brazil, to exchange experiences and debate options to strengthen school feeding programmes for millions of children worldwide at the Global Child Nutrition Forum 2013.

21 May 2013

WFP Donates Equipment Worth 7.4 Million Rupees To KP Health Department

Peshawar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today handed over medical and information technology equipment worth over 7.4 million rupees to the Health Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

21 May 2013

Food Security And Nutritional Status In Egypt Worsening Amidst Economic Challenges

CAIRO – Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years according to joint reports released today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the government’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Contributions to WFP

16 May 2013

Saudi Arabia Supports WFP Development Programmes In Egypt To Promote Education And Combat Hunger

CAIRO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed today a generous donation of 561 metric tons of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, worth 5.5 million Egyptian Pounds (approximately US$790,000), to support WFP development projects in Egypt.

16 May 2013

New Road To Spur Development And Improve Lives In Baitadi

KATHMANDU - The Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction (MoPR) together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and German development agency Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), today inaugurated a new road that connects remote villages of Baitadi district in far-western Nepal, providing communities with better access to markets, health centres, schools and other key facilities.

Responding to Emergencies

10 May 2013

WFP Distributes Emergency Food Assistance To Syrians Fleeing To Tartous

DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started distribution of emergency ready-t0-eat food rations and high-energy biscuits to thousands of newly displaced families who were forced to flee Banias and surrounding villages on Syria’s Mediterranean coast to Tartous city following heavy fighting in their villages.

Contributions to WFP

30 April 2013

Generous UK Contribution Provides Syrians With Lifeline Through WFP

ROME – Amid mounting concern about the deepening suffering caused by conflict in Syria, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a generous contribution from the Government of the United Kingdom of £28.3 million (around US$43 million) that will help provide much-needed food assistance to tens of thousands of Syrians both inside and outside their country.

Focus on Women

25 April 2013

30,000 Ultra Poor Women And Their Families Rise Out Of Extreme Poverty

DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today celebrated the successful conclusion of the European Union (EU)-funded Food Security for the Ultra Poor (FSUP) project in a ceremony at Westin Hotel, Dhaka. The project, which began in January 2009 and concluded December 2012, supported 30,000 ultra-poor women to become entrepreneurs, raise their incomes and improve their own and their families’ food security.