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News Releases
Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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Cash and Vouchers
18 June 2013
WFP Executive Director Attends Israeli Conference, Visits Innovative Food Assistance Programme In Palestine
JERUSALEM – The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will be in Israel and the State of Palestine this week to attend a conference and visit WFP operations.
RBA
18 June 2013
Food Security And School Feeding Initiatives Launched In The Gambia
BANJUL – The Government of The Gambia, the United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) launched the Millennium Development Goal 1c Initiative (improving food security through crop production intensification and school feeding in targeted regions). This is a four - year development project whereby FAO and WFP will provide technical assistance to the Government.
17 June 2013
WFP Distributes Food For Karamoja Hunger Season
KAMPALA –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing relief food to help vulnerable households in the Karamoja region cope with the hardship of the hunger season, the period between planting in March/April and September/October when harvesting begins.
Hunger in the news
11 June 2013
WFP And Iraq Government Aim To Introduce Electronic Food Vouchers
BAGHDAD – In a technical workshop starting today, the Government of Iraq and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) will discuss the potential introduction of electronic food vouchers in the Iraqi Public Distribution System (PDS). They will be joined by financial payments experts from MasterCard, the leading global technology and payments company, which, under a global partnership, is partnering with WFP to strengthen its delivery of “digital food,” in the form of vouchers.
Hunger in the news
7 June 2013
WFP Sends Food Aid To Al-Qusayr And Further Upscales Its Emergency Operation For Syrians
DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed urgent food aid to vulnerable families in Al-Qusayr where some of the heaviest fighting in Syria has taken place in recent weeks. Meanwhile the United Nations today announced projected financial costs for the humanitarian operation totalling US$4.4 billion; this figure represents the escalating needs just for the balance of 2013. The WFP share of this appeal, US$1 billion, will provide food assistance for the growing refugee population outside Syria as well as the increasing numbers of those inside the country without access to food.
Hunger in the news
7 June 2013
Feeding Mothers Saving Lives And Nourishing The Next Generation
GENEVA – The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, are launching a new partnership to improve nutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women to ensure the next generation of children achieve the best possible start in life.
Hunger in the news
5 June 2013
ED Statement: International Community Must Focus On Reducing Food Loss On Farms
ROME – On a recent trip to Burkina Faso, I met many rural families struggling to recover from the effects of last year’s severe drought. Crops were destroyed, livestock were lost and hundreds of thousands were left hungry. Now these families are rebuilding their lives and learning to become more resilient to the next inevitable drought.
RBA
1 June 2013
Food Security To Be At Centre Of Africa Development Agenda
UN food agency heads call for hunger eradication by 2025.
Responding to Emergencies
31 May 2013
New UN Report Highlights Needs Of Malian Refugees In Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT- Tens of thousands of Malians living in Mauritania’s M’bera refugee camp will not be returning home in the near future and will rely on humanitarian assistance for many months to come, a new UN assessment mission concluded.
For Companies
31 May 2013
Don’t Just Burn Calories, Donate Them! Zumba Fitness Teams Up With WFP To Fight Hunger Through Exercise
MBABANE, SWAZILAND – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is joining forces with Zumba Fitness—the world’s largest dance-fitness company – to hold a Zumba Fitness Party in the capital today. The event will celebrate “The Great Calorie Drive,” a campaign created by Zumba Fitness that supports WFP’s efforts to fight hunger in Swaziland and Nicaragua.