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Preventing Hunger
19 November 2009

Spain Doubles Aid to WFP to Help Fight Hunger in Horn of Africa

ROME – Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, today announced a donation of €75 million (US$112m) to the United Nations World Food Programme in response to the critical hunger situation in the Horn of Africa.
Responding to Emergencies
29 September 2009

Statement By WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, On Recurrent Drought In Uganda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is concerned about the succession of poor rainy seasons in Uganda which have left more than two million people in need of urgent food assistance. In the northeastern province of ...
Responding to Emergencies
9 June 2009

Horn Of Africa Facing Another Year Of Hunger As Millions Battle For Survival

ROME -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that millions of people in the Horn of Africa are once again facing a deadly mix of persistent drought, poor seasonal rains, conflict, and the cost of food ...
3 July 2008

FreeRice internet game emerges as web phenomenon

The award-winning Internet word game FreeRice has revealed a surprising staying power as a web phenomenon and six months after its birth has now generated 21 billion grains of rice for the world’s hungry.
23 January 2008

Record food purchases by WFP in developing countries

A record 80 percent of the food purchased for cash last year by the world’s largest humanitarian organisation – a total of 2.1 million metric tons valued at more than US$760 million – was bought in developing countries from Afghanistan to Zambia.
29 October 2007

A passion for ending hunger: Howard G. Buffett becomes WFP ambassador against hunger

Philanthropist and environmentalist Howard G. Buffett will be appointed today as the UN World Food Programme’s newest Ambassador Against Hunger.
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.
16 October 2007

WFP starts food air drops to displaced in northern Uganda cut off by heavy rains

For the first time in Uganda, the United Nations World Food Programme has launched a food airdrop operation as part of a massive effort to reach tens of thousands of displaced people after heavy rains blocked the delivery of relief food by road.
5 October 2007

May 13: Global walk to end child hunger

On Sunday, 13 May 2007, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide will walk together over a 24-hour period in each of the planet’s time zones, to deliver a message: child hunger has no place in this world and citizens across the globe can put an end to it.