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Responding to Emergencies
15 May 2009

WFP Providing Meals To Thousands Of Sri Lankans Fleeing Civil Conflict

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has started providing cooked meals at a government screening point to feed thousands of desperate people fleeing the conflict zone in ...
Logistics
27 February 2009

Sea Route Opened For WFP Relief Food Deliveries To Sri Lanka

COLOMBO – A sea route to deliver United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) relief food to thousands of people in Sri Lanka was recently opened - a major boost to efforts underway to reach hungry people displaced by the ...
10 March 2008

First food aid convoy reaches thousands displaced in northern Sri Lanka

WFP has dispatched a first convoy of food and other supplies for 200,000 displaced people in the LTTE-controlled area of Sri Lanka.
13 December 2007

England cricketers team up with WFP to bowl out hunger

The fight to end child hunger will take centre stage at the Galle Cricket Ground on Saturday 15 December when senior members of the England cricket team turn out to raise awareness about the plight of the hundreds of millions of children around the world who know what it is like to go hungry.
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.
18 May 2007

WFP urges progress on humanitarian situation for thousands displaced by Sri Lanka fighting

A WFP senior official today called for more resources and improved humanitarian access and security for aid workers providing assistance to thousands of people displaced by the recent upsurge in fighting in Sri Lanka.
20 March 2007

WFP ramps up food aid for thousands fleeing conflict in eastern Sri Lanka

WFP is increasing its operations in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka to ensure that basic food supplies quickly reach persons forced out of their homes by recent intensified fighting.
30 January 2007

Credit Suisse and WFP launch food for education initiative in Sri Lanka

WFP and the leading financial services provider, Credit Suisse, have announced a new joint effort to build a sustainable future for 19,000 school children in Sri Lanka.
28 December 2005

WFP chief: 2005 exceptional year of disaster - but even more challenges could lie ahead

The Executive Director of WFP, James Morris, describes 2005 as the most challenging year the humanitarian aid world has faced since World War II, but also warns that the New Year will undoubtedly bring further emergencies and even greater demands on donors.