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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Djibouti: EU Support for WFP Adds Freedom of Choice to Refugees' Food Assistance in Djibouti
Funding from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) has been instrumental in enabling WFP to provide an innovative package of cash assistance alongside food rations to refugees and
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Nigeria's hungriest face starvation as aid funds dry up in northeast- UN
Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians could starve to death in the famine-threatened northeast due to lack of aid funds, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. It said almost half a million of the region's
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Twenty million Africans on brink of famine: UN agencies
Twenty million people in four African countries are on the brink of famine, senior staffers at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said Thursday in Rome.
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UN relief fund releases US$1.6m to boost floods disaster response in Zimbabwe
UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) committed $1.6 million to assist over 32,600 flood-affected people with life-saving interventions in 20 districts in Zimbabwe.17 May 2017, Harare - The United
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WFP report highlights link between food insecurity and migration
The World Food Programme (WFP) has indicated that food insecurity and hunger are major factors driving people away from their homes. In a new report titled “At the root of exodus: Food security, conflict
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WFP secures more funding to help avert famine in Horn of Africa
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it has secured 10.7 million U.S. dollars to help roll back famine in South Sudan and to assist hungry people in Horn of Africa countries
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With Nigeria's northeast facing famine, WFP funds could dry up in weeks –sources
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said,
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Millions risks starvation in Nigeria's northeast as WFP funds running out
Millions of people in Nigeria’s northeast risks starvation after the United Nations’ World Food Programme warned it could in a few weeks run out of funding to run aid programs. More than 4.7 million
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Nigeria: Japan Donates $3.5m to WFP for Emergency Needs in Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced
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WFP launches five-year plan to end hunger in Zimbabwe
HARARE Zimbabwe (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Zimbabwean government on Monday jointly launched a 253 million U.S. dollars five-year plan to build resilience, end hunger