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Responding to Emergencies
21 October 2009

Statement by WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, on Grave Situation in the Philippines Following Succession of Violent Storms

Today, I witnessed the severe humanitarian impact of the storms and torrential rains that have devastated parts of this beautiful land, and which have left the people of the Philippines facing one of the greatest challenges in ...
Journalists
20 October 2009

WFP Executive Director Travels To Philippines To Visit Flood-Affected Regions

ROME -- The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, will arrive in the Philippines on Wednesday, 21 October, to witness at first hand the huge impact of the catastrophic floods that have affected more than 7 million people.
Responding to Emergencies
6 October 2009

WFP Mobilizes Helicopters, Boats and Food to Support Relief Effort in the Philippines

MANILA – In the face of mounting logistical challenges, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ramped up its relief efforts in the Philippines by shipping in helicopters and inflatable boats to provide food ...
Responding to Emergencies
1 October 2009

WFP Boosts Philippines Relief Efforts To Reach Growing Number Of Storm Victims

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly expanding its relief operation in the Philippines to provide vital food assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by severe flooding in the ...
Responding to Emergencies
28 September 2009

Statement By WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, On Devastation In The Philippines Following Deadly Storm

WFP is working closely with the authorities in the Philippines, assisting thousands of Filipinos whose lives were devastated after Saturday’s deadly tropical storm tore through the country, flooding people’s ...
1 September 2008

Philippine Government awards presidential citation to WFP staff member killed in Algiers

The Philippines Government awards a Presidential Citation to Gene Luna, a Filipina staff member of WFP, who died during the tragic bombings in Algiers last month.
27 August 2008

WFP assisting more than 200,000 affected by Mindanao conflict

WFP is scaling up food assistance to more than 220,000 persons displaced by conflict in southern Mindanao, delivering nearly 1,000 metric tons of rice – around one month’s ration -- to civilians caught up in the fighting between Philippine government troops and forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
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.
16 October 2007

UN Secretary-General stresses role of human rights in eradicating hunger in World Food Day message

Read UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon message to mark World Food Day, which this year promotes the Right to Food.
19 April 2007

WFP supplies food aid to 42,000 displaced by Jolo fighting

WFP has said it will provide 85 metric tons of rice to assist more than 42,000 people displaced by recent conflict on the troubled island of Jolo in Sulu Province in the Philippines