Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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HARARE – A new report on food needs in Zimbabwe says that nearly one in five rural people in the country – an estimated 1.6 million people – are likely to need food assistance during the peak of the coming “hunger season.” The number of people in need is 60 percent higher than the one million who needed food assistance during the last lean season.
NEW YORK - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Kingdom of Spain today announced a new initiative to speed up rapid and efficient response to hunger crises.
DHAKA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has confirmed a vital contribution of US$1.5 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue food and nutrition support to up to 31,000 refugees in south-eastern Bangladesh.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today expressed its appreciation of the United States Government’s early and strategic response to 2012’s greatest humanitarian crises and hunger hotspots.
NAIROBI – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US $450,000 contribution from the African Union Commission (AUC), to be used for WFP’s relief operations in the Sahel region.
LILONGWE –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), along with Government and other partners, is gearing up to meet a large rise in Malawi’s food needs due to localised crop failure and high prices. Compared to the previous lean season, eight times as many Malawians will need food assistance in coming months.
MOGADISHU– Japan will continue to support the people of Somalia and the United Nations World Food Programme’s work in the country – that was the message brought by the Deputy Chief of Mission to the Embassy of Japan in Nairobi, Mr.Yoichiro Yamada, Tuesday in a one-day visit to the Somali capital.
JUBA – As the people of South Sudan enter the second year of their country’s independence, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working with them to face the challenge of building a new nation and to overcome food insecurity.
BRISBANE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and WFP Youth Representative Jessica Watson, together with Australian non-profit organisations SchoolAid and Global Development Group (GDG), are joining forces to engage Australian students in the fight against child hunger. They announced their support for the KIDS FIGHTING HUNGER campaign today before an enthusiastic group of primary school children at Wellers Hill State School.
VIENTIANE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and WFP Youth Representative Jessica Watson, together with Australian non-profit organisations SchoolAid and Global Development Group (GDG), are joining forces to engage Australian students in the fight against child hunger. All funds will support WFP’s school meals programme in Laos through a Global Development Group project. The joint effort was announced today, 3 July 2012, at a press conference in Brisbane, Australia.