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2 April 2009

WFP Launches First Food Voucher Operation In Mideast

JERUSALEM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a food voucher operation, the first of its kind in the Middle East, to assist some 30,000 people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). The ...
Responding to Emergencies
5 February 2009

WFP Hands Out Ready-To-Eat Meals To The Hungry In Gaza

Since the resurgence of conflict in Gaza on 27 December, WFP has distributed two month rations of food to more than 220,000 people.
First time here
22 January 2009

WFP Scales Up Emergency Distributions Under Operation Lifeline Gaza

As part of its Operation Lifeline Gaza, WFP has begun distributing nutritious date bars and high energy biscuits (HEBs) to thousands of displaced people in Gaza City.
Logistics
16 January 2009

Gaza: Operational Update - 16 January 2009

WFP has so far distributed two-month and three-month rations to more than 137,000 people from its regular caseload of 265,000 of the non-refugee population of Gaza since the latest conflict broke out on 27 December.
10 January 2009

WFP Launches Operation Lifeline Gaza to Get Food to the Hungry

WFP today responded to growing hunger needs in Gaza by launching Operation Lifeline Gaza, a global appeal to ramp up the distribution of food to people caught in the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory.
9 January 2009

WFP Appeals for Rapid Expansion of Humanitarian Access to Gaza

The Executive Director of WFP, Josette Sheeran, today expressed deepening concern about the severe breakdown of food supplies and distributions in Gaza, and said the agency would scale up its operations to respond to urgent needs.
8 January 2009

WFP Welcomes Generous Donation From The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Campaign

WFP today welcomed a US$4 million donation from “The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Campaign for the Relief of the Palestinian People in Gaza.” The donation will be used immediately to provide urgently needed food assistance to more than 265,000 civilians in the Gaza Strip.
4 January 2009

WFP Launches Emergency Food Distributions to Families in Gaza

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is responding to growing humanitarian needs in Gaza by distributing bread to families in areas that have been badly hit by the recent upsurge in conflict.
20 November 2007

Enhanced strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Under the auspices of the Royal Court, the United Nations World Food Programme has been discussing this week with the authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ways to further strengthen their humanitarian partnership to help feed the hungry poor around the world.
16 October 2007

FAO insists on food as a human right: World Food Day theme seeks renewed commitment to the Right to Food

FAO has called for a renewed commitment to guarantee the right to food for the world\'s hundreds of millions of hungry people.