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Focus on Women
7 March 2012

Kenya: Young Mother Rescued From Slide Into Severe Malnutrition

Namuding, a young mother in the drought-hit Turkana region of northern Kenya, is fighting off malnutrition thanks to a nutrition programme supported by the EU. Last year’s drought in the Horn of Africa left many communities weakened, making women and children especially vulnerable.

Responding to Emergencies
15 February 2012

Urgent Call for Timely Action in Drought-Hit Sahel

An urgent call went out for quick action to prevent a full-blown crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa today as leading figures in the fight against hunger met  for an emergency meeting at WFP’s Rome headquarters.

Responding to Emergencies
15 February 2012

Food Crisis In The Sahel: 6 Must-Reads

Recurring droughts are causing chronic food insecurity in the Sahel region of West Africa. To address the food shortages threatening millions of lives, WFP and other aid agencies are scaling up humanitarian assistance. If you want to know more about the region and its current emergency, here are six 'must- read' articles (or must-see videos) to start you off.

Responding to Emergencies
15 February 2012

Mozambique: Families Take Stock After Floods Submerge Farms

Despite an excellent harvest of rice in the fields, Joana Latila and her husband, who support four grandchildren, found themselves without immediate access to food.

Food For Assets
15 February 2012

Indonesia: Reaching Towards Food Security In Nusa Tenggara Timur

In Bikekneno, a small village in Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, Food-For-Asset activities inspire people to hope for a hunger-free future.

Responding to Emergencies
13 February 2012

Aid Agency Heads Meet To Address Hunger In The Sahel

UN agency heads and government representatives will meet at WFP headquarters on Wednesday to address the urgent need to scale up humanitarian assistance in the Sahel, where drought and food shortages are threatening millions of people with hunger.

Preventing Hunger
8 February 2012

Hunger On The Rise In South Sudan, Report Shows

Poor harvests, high food prices and conflict have fuelled a sharp rise in the number of hungry people in South Sudan, according to a new report by WFP and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The report warned that millions of people in South Sudan risk going hungry unless swift action is taken.

Purchase for Progress
1 February 2012

School Kids Eat Haitian Rice For Lunch

Two years after the earthquake, many Haitian schools are serving their children with food grown locally. Knowing they have a buyer, farmers are motivated to produce more food. Knowing they'll get good food, kids are keen to go to school - where they get the nutrition they need, plus an education. It's the virtuous circle at the heart of the strategy by the government and WFP to make Haitians more food secure.

Responding to Emergencies
31 January 2012

Help Arrives For Victims Of Violence in South Sudan

WFP has stepped up efforts to assist more than 80,000 people driven from their homes by violence in the South Sudan state of Jonglei. In addition to food, WFP is moving in tents, medical supplies and other basic necessities to establish a critical lifeline for families affected by the fighting.

Responding to Emergencies
31 January 2012

Survivors Of Violence In South Sudan Tell Their Stories

"We feel safe here," says Labakal Kalahin, an exhausted mother of four who lost one of her children while fleeing to the village of Pibor from the fighting which erupted late last year in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. She’s among tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by the fighting whom WFP is now moving to assist with food and basic necessities.