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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Drought threatens population in the northwest of Haiti
Only cactus grows along the dirt road fringing arid fields on the way to the isolated village of Bas des Moustiques, on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Port-de-Paix in Haiti. A lack of rain
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Project to treat 348,000 malnourished Sindh children, women launched
The World Food Programme and Sindh government jointly launched a Rs 600 million project to assist around 348,000 children, pregnant and lactating women suffering malnutrition to prevent stunting and micronutrient
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WFP gives US $10.8mn to flood affectees under FFW, FFC project
World Food Organization (WFP) has distributed almost US $ 10.8 million among flood affectees including US $ 4.7 million under Food For Work (FFW) and US $6.1 million under Food For Cash (FFC) program to
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WFP provides food assistance to 0.972m KP displaced persons
World Food Programme (WFP) has supplied relief and food assistance to approximately 972,000 returnees and displaced persons in six districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province and four agencies of FATA
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Sri Lankan government signs agreement with WFP to build resilience in adapting to adverse weather conditions
The government of Sri Lanka has signed a US$ 8 million agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP) to build resilience in adapting to adverse weather conditions. The agreement for 'Addressing Climate
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Japan grants Sri Lanka over Rs. 280 million in assistance to provide school meals in Northern Province
Nov 27, Colombo: The government of Japan has granted approximately Rs.282 million (Japanese Yen 220 million) to Sri Lanka as food grant assistance through the World Food Program (WFP) to support the ongoing
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World offers aid for typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Following is a list of some of the assistance offered to the Philippines from around the world after a devastating typhoon hit the center of the country last weekend. - THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND
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Japan, WFP review disaster resilience building programme in Satkhira
Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima and World Food Programme (WFP) Country Representative Christa Radet yesterday visited southern Satkhira district to see impact of disaster resilience building programme.
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WFP project runs for undernourished mothers, children in Gaibandha
A welfare project entitled "Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition (IMCN)" launched in August, 2011 runs smoothly creating positive impacts to the undernourished mothers and children in the district.
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U.N. agency says 2.2 million Zimbabweans face food shortages
Zimbabwe faces its worst food shortages in four years following a drought and poor harvest, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday, a month after veteran President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF disputed