World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

WFP provides meals of cooked rice and fish soup to nearly 350,000 school children across Cambodia.  Wat Phnom primary school in Kampong Speu province (Odong district)  - approximately one hour from the capital city Phnom Penh - is one of the schools at which WFP provides hot, nutritious meals daily.

Children at a school in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia wash their hands and utensils at a nearby water pump before eating to ensure proper hygiene.

A young student from Sankor Primary School in Kamphong Thom province, Cambodia, happily shows his food ration card while queuing for his monthly rice ration as part of WFP's Food Scholarship Programme in the country.

Students have to make a thumb print on the beneficiary list in order to receive their monthly rations of rice as part of WFP's Food Scholarship Programme in the area.

Chunny, 12, studies at Sankor Khor primary school in Kampong Thom province in central Cambodia in the hopes of one day becoming a doctor. She has three brothers and a sister.

Smiling students wave their ration cards which will entitle them to monthly rice rations as part of WFP’s Food Scholarship Programme at Sankor Khor primary school in Kampong Thom province, central Cambodia. Both girls would like to be doctors when they grow up.

During food distributions at Sankor Khor primary school, the parents of the children come to help them carry their rice rations home.  Each family takes home 20 kilograms of rice, which is equivalent to two months worth of food assistance. 

Pech, 12, studies at Sankor Khor primary school and hopes to be a teacher someday. He has 3 brothers and two sisters.  He lives in Sankor village in Kampong Svay district where both his parents work as rice farmers.  In October 2011, his family lost their rice crop due to severe flooding.  He says WFP food assistance helps them get by as they try to recover from their crop loss.