WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.
The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, has concluded an official visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from 8-11 May. During his visit, Beasley spent two days in the capitol city Pyongyang meeting with senior government officials and two days visiting a number of WFP projects in different parts of the rural areas of the country. He travelled to Sinwon County in South Hwanghae Province where he saw a food-for-assets project in Komchon Ri village and visited a WFP-supported children’s nursery. He also visited a local factory where WFP produces fortified biscuits for its projects.
WFP’s work in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea tries to ensure that children and pregnant or breast-feeding mothers have enough nutritious food. Many are chronically malnourished. But WFP operations in DPRK are critically underfunded at the moment. So the agency’s head Ertharin Cousin visited on 19-21 May to get a better picture of the situation and the challenges.
WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.