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Focus on Women
4 August 2009
Women’s Tree Project Takes Root in Central Afghanistan
Poised on the edge of Bamyan town’s imposing rock formation, Dara Azhdar is no ordinary Afghan community. Not only is its only Shura, or local council, a women’s Shura, but these women have launched a tree planting project, aimed to improve their community and the environment, with help from the World Food Programme.
Food For Assets
31 July 2009
Kono Residents Find Gems In Jobs and Education
Battered by Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war, residents of the diamond-rich Kono district are getting back on their feet thanks, in part, to World Food Programme-sponsored work and training programmes.
Nutrition
29 July 2009
Darfur: Nutritious Food Helps Displaced Family Face ‘Hunger Season’
With the next harvest still a couple of months away, food is scarce in north Darfur. This is a time when children can slip into malnutrition. But Fatima, who has two kids in the crucial under-five age range, is getting the support she needs to steer her family through the hunger season.
Logistics
28 July 2009
WFP Trucks Come To The Rescue In Storm-Battered Haiti
A fleet of trucks, donated by the Norwegian Red Cross to WFP Haiti, delivered food and humanitarian supplies to Haitians battered by hurricanes in 2008 – and are poised to come to the rescue again during this hurricane season.
Purchase for Progress
27 July 2009
Guatemala: Poorest Farmers Glimpse Future Free From Hunger
Life is changing for a group of poor smallholder farmers in Guatemala. Improved techniques are helping them produce more food and, thanks to WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative, they’re able to sell their surplus at a reasonable price.
Responding to Emergencies
24 July 2009
Building Trust In A Danger Zone (Staff Profile)
Providing food assistance to millions of destitute people in Somalia is a difficult and dangerous business. As Deputy Country Director for the last two years, Denise Brown, has found that to get the job done she has to be both tough and charming.
Aid professionals
23 July 2009
Formula 1 Driver Raises $13,000 For Hungry Schoolkids
Toyota Formula 1 driver Timo Glock, whose car bears the red cup symbol of WFP's Fill the Cup campaign, has helped raise almost US$13,000 (€9,117) for programmes to provide free school meals to hungry children around the world. Logistics
23 July 2009
Nicaragua: WFP Takes To River To Reach Remotest Hunger Spots
Nicaragua’s Coco River is a lifeline for the impoverished Miskito Indians who live along its shores – and the only way WFP can deliver food aid to a population still recovering from the deadly 2007 Hurricane Felix. Students And Teachers
20 July 2009
Fight Against Hunger Gets New Champion
Ghana’s former president John Kufuor is to lead WFP’s effort to fight hunger among schoolchildren around the world. He joins an elite team of celebrities, sportsmen and statesmen who advocate on behalf of the world’s poorest and hungriest people. School Meals
20 July 2009