World Food Programme

The situation in Myanmar remains dire: WFP

un.org     7 hrs ago   3 related          

The UN food agency (WFP) warns that hundreds of thousands of families in Myanmar still have a lengthy storm to weather 12 weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwady Delta region. The World Food Programme says a...                

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Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan

blogcritics.org     4 hrs ago          

An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future. In this next interview in the "Ending World Hunger" series, we will look at school feeding programs in Bhutan. Located between India and China, Bhutan is often...                

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Swaziland: Children Seek Hope in the Face of Aids

allafrica.com     17 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 James Hall Manzini In a narrow and still winter-brown valley, little more than a crevice between rocky mountains, Gogo Ndlovu looks after her five young orphaned grandchildren. The Swaziland...                

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Malnutrition deaths in Madhya Pradesh continuing, say activists

indiaenews.com     18 hrs ago   3 related          

By Sanjay Sharma. The NGO has been going to various parts of Madhya Pradesh to investigate the situation on the malnutrition front. The state has with the assistance of the Unicef and the World Food Programme (WFP) unveiled...                

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RP asks UN to create global food stockpile

inquirer.net     16 hrs ago          

MANILA, Philippines -- The government has asked the United Nations (UN) and the World Food Program (WFP) to help set up either a regional or a global food stockpile program to help prevent spikes in food prices such as the one...                

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Zimbabwe NGOs Hope Pretoria Talks Focus On Humanitarian Needs

voanews.com     yesterday   1 related          

Interview With Forbes Matonga - Download (MP3) Interview With Forbes Matonga - Listen (MP3) As Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition came to the negotiating table Thursday in Pretoria to to grapple with the vexed question of...                

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AFRICA - Food emergency for 14.6 million people living in the Horn of Africa; 20 million people ...

fides.org     yesterday          

Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 14.6 million people in the Horn of Africa now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, and animal disease. The alarm has been launched by the World Food...                

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Rwanda: UN Agencies, Rwanda Flora Sign Aid Project

allafrica.com     yesterday   1 related          

Two UN agencies, World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed a joint private mission project for the next four years with Rwanda Flora, a private organic firm, to jointly help improve household...                

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voanews.com: An Ethiopian soldier watches displaced Somalis in southern Mogadishu carry a sack of maize offered by the Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu, 14 May 2008 voanews.com

'Country Months Away From Major Crisis'

allafrica.com     Jul 23, 2008   56 related          

Drought, conflict, hyperinflation, high food and fuel prices, the weakness of the Somali shilling and a succession of poor harvests have increased the number of people needing food and other assistance to 2.6 million - up 40...                

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The Mauritian economy in the face of a difficult international environment

allafrica.com     Jul 23, 2008   14 related          

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Port Louis Soaring food prices and shortages mean that 77m people of Pakistan's 160m population are food insecure, a 28% increase over the past year, according to UN World Food Programme...                

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