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Cambodia Participates In First Southeast Asian School Meals Meeting In Cambodia

SIEM REAP – Experts from six Southeast Asian nations have met in Cambodia under the coordination of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to talk about how best to provide school meals for students in their countries.

School feeding Cambodia

3 December 2014

Cambodia Inching Ahead In Zero Hunger Challenge; Still Not Enough, Study Shows

PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has made significant progress in tackling poverty, but much work still remains to be done to beat hunger and malnutrition as the country aims to become a lower middle income country in the next few years. This was the conclusion of a study by the Cambodia Development Research Institute (CDRI), an independent think tank, undertaken with support from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) under the guidance of the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) and senior national experts.

15 October 2014

Fortified Rice Can Improve Schoolchildren’s Health In Cambodia, New Study Shows

PHNOM PENH – A recent study by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), PATH and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) has shown that children in Cambodia are less prone to fever and diarrhoea and score higher on cognitive tests after six months of regularly eating fortified rice.

Cambodia’s Education Minister Tours WFP-Managed School Feeding Projects

Cambodia’s Education Minister Tours WFP-Managed School Feeding Projects

PHNOM PENH – H.E. Hang Chuon Naron, Cambodia’s Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, has visited schools supported by WFP school feeding programmes in Kampong Cham and Kampon Thom provinces. He was accompanied by WFP Country Director and Representative Gianpietro Bordignon, and United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jeff Daigle.

22 October 2013

WFP Receives US$81 Million In Food For School Meals In Four Developing Countries

WASHINGTON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been awarded US$81 million in food commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support meals in the classroom for children in the developing world.

School feeding Cambodia Kenya Liberia Malawi

18 October 2013

On World Food Day, WFP Says Investment In Nutrition Is Key To Unlocking A Better Future

PHNOM PEN - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is marking World Food Day on 16 October by highlighting the power of nutrition to transform individuals, societies and economies, and the need to make it central to all development efforts.

WFP Welcomes Continued Support From United States For School Feeding In Cambodia

Phnom Penh – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Cambodia has welcomed a commitment of US$ 20 million over the next three years for its school feeding programmes from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). >