Energising School Feeding
<p>Cooking school meals requires energy. In some countries, families are asked to contribute to fuel expenses or to provide firewood, failing which, children may be refused school meals. The acquisition
World Food Programme (WFP)
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U.N. food agency says 14 million face hunger in southern Africa
About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The
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Kenya: County gov’t, WFP in joint agreement to strengthen food security
The local government of Baringo in the Rift Valley County and the World Food Programme on Wednesday disclosed they have entered into a two-year agreement on reinforcing the ability of the local authorities
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Weather, war threaten to leave millions more hungry in 2016- aid agencies
Millions more people globally are facing the threat of severe food and water shortages in early 2016 as droughts and flood devastate crops and strain a humanitarian system already struggling to meet needs,
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UN agencies join hands to help Sudan mitigate climate change, combat hunger
Two United Nations entities on Monday announced a cooperation agreement to help Sudan manage its natural resources in a way that is compatible with combatting hunger and improving livelihoods while at
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Sudan Joins Scaling up Nutrition Movement
Khartoum — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan reported in its latest weekly bulletin of 23-29 November that the Sudanese government, in its efforts to reduce malnutrition
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South Sudan food team finds risk of 'widespread catastrophe'
Tens of thousands of people surviving on water lilies and swamp fish after fleeing South Sudan's war may run out of food entirely when the dry season starts in January, food security experts said in a
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Uganda: Malnutrition Is Still a Leading Cause of Illness
Maimuna Katooko sits on a mat at her veranda, all her attention turned to her son whom she is holding on her lap. The child, who is seated motionless, looks emaciated; with pale and wrinkled skin, sunken
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United nations says malawians face eminent food crisis and need $81 million in relief aid
More than 2.8 million people will face hunger in the coming months in the worst food crisis in a decade in Malawi, where a staggering four out of every 10 children suffer from stunting, the United Nations
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Sudan: U.S. Food and Cash Contribution Boosts WFP Response to Vulnerable People in Sudan
The in-kind contribution of mixed food items worth US$75 million will meet the food needs of more than 2 million people, including displaced people, school children and vulnerable households in Darfur
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Ireland to donate €60m to UN’s World Food Programme
The Irish State is set to donate €60 million to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) over the next three years. The commitment, which was made by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney