Articles tagged with: world food programme (wfp)
Journalist George Stroumboulopoulos Visits Haiti Two Years After Quake Almost two years after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger George Stroumboulopoulos went to the Caribbean island to see how the nation was faring. WFP’s Stephanie Tremblay took the Canadian journalist to a camp near Port au Prince where WFP and its partners are […]
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UN agency voices deep concern over continued ethnic violence in South Sudan These orphaned children received food from WFP after a humanitarian mission arrived in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 3 January 2012. Photo: WFP/Rehan Zahid The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) expressed deep concern today about the deadly […]
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UN relief chief visits Sudan to discuss food insecurity in two states WFP food assistance being offloaded from a truck at a distribution site in the South Kordofan capital Kadugli. Photo: WFP/Mohamed Abdalla Reports from people fleeing two troubled Sudanese states indicate food insecurity and rising levels of malnutrition, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned […]
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Residents of South Sudan flashpoint town in need of aid after attack – UN official A burning tukul (hut) in Pibor, South Sudan While the showdown between the South Sudanese military and thousands of armed tribesmen over the flashpoint town of Pibor has subsided, the humanitarian situation in the area remains grim, a top United […]
Head of UN food agency to step down after five years of service WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that she will step down after five years at the helm of the Rome-based agency. During her mandate as Executive Director of WFP, Josette Sheeran […]
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Philippines: UN grant enables agencies to give help to storm survivors A group of children displaced by floods, following the passage of tropical storm Washi, living in an evacuation centre in Iligan City, Philippines A $3 million allocation from the United Nations relief fund has enabled agencies to provide initial assistance to survivors of the […]
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UN deplores murder of three aid workers in Somalia Malnourished child receives medical assistance in Mogadishu, Somalia The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the killing today of two staff members and a colleague with a partner organization in Somalia, an act of violence the agency says illustrates the risks that relief workers […]
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FROM THE FIELD: Keeping hope alive in Mogadishu OCHA Humanitarian Affairs Officer Ahmed Farah Roble listens to IDPs at an IDP settlement in Mogadishu, Somalia It is a hot, dusty morning in Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia, and Ahmed Farah Roble is in a makeshift settlement for internally displaced persons (IDPs), listening to a […]
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Philippines: UN and partners appeal for additional $28 million to help storm victims Tropical Storm Washi forced thousands of people out from their homes The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are seeking an additional $28.6 million to what was already requested earlier this month to support victims of the Sendong tropical storm in southern […]
Top UN aid official calls for scaling up of humanitarian efforts in Philippines Several UN agencies have boosted their relief efforts in the Philippines which was ravaged by a tropical storm known locally as Sendong The United Nations relief chief called today on countries and international organizations to scale up humanitarian efforts in the Philippines, […]
