WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.
It is seven months since I first met Maral Gahvesjian, waiting patiently in a long queue of Syrians of Armenian descent, for their WFP food rations at Charents 20, a residential area of the capital,
The innovative school meals projects being run by the Russian government in a town north of Moscow will be the model for new WFP-coordinated programmes in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Poor households all over the developing world are eating fewer and less nutritious meals and many are cutting back on healthcare and schooling for children, according to new WFP research on the effects of the
The theme of this year’s World Food Day is “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition.”
WFP has been serving school meals to children in Armenia for years, providing a daily dose of nutrition and an added incentive to come to class. In the process, we've been working closely with local officials in preparation for the day they would run the programme themselves. That day is fast approaching as Armenia gets ready to launch a national school feeding programme to provide every child in the country with a warm meal in school.
WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.