19 days ago From All Africa.com  

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MASERU - The Government of Japan has announced a contribution of more than US$2.3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist people in Lesotho who are going hungry because of difficulties in obtaining sufficient food for ...

24 days ago From The Malaysian Reserve  

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Groupon Malaysia has donated US$72,362 (RM219,597) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), following the conclusion of an online fundraising campaign for WFP School Meals activities in Asia. The full proceeds from the campaign which ran ...

25 days ago From 4-traders-press release  

BEIRUT, LEBANON - BEIRUT - An American ship carrying enough wheat to feed more than one million people for four months has delivered its cargo for distribution in Syria as part of the emergency food assistance provided by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). ...

39 days ago From All Africa  

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Khartoum =97 The United States has contributed $150 million to help relieve food insecurity in Sudan's war-torn Blue Nile state where conflict in the region continues to exact a growing human toll. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wa ...

42 days ago From Radio Dabanga  

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - For the first time since 2011 the World Food Programme (WFP) has been allowed to enter areas controlled by the government in the war-torn Blue Nile state of Sudan. UN says a rapid needs assessment has been carried out in all six localities of the pro ...

46 days ago From StarAfrica.com  

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - In a communiqu=E9 to APA on Wednesday, the Italian government announced it was making the donation available through the World Food Program (WFP) in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by incessant floods that has left the province one of the ...

48 days ago From Khaleej Times  

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - For the first time since late December, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been able to use the Jordanian-Syrian border crossing point of Nasib to deliver food to Southern Syria. The agency says insecurity had prevented the delivery of food aid as .. ...

59 days ago From UN News Centre  

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 18 March 2013 =96 The international community must continue its efforts to help feed people in the Sahel, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, following a visit to the West African region marred by high levels of food ...

60 days ago From Al-Arabiya  

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The World Food Program says it aims to feed 2.5 million Syrians next month, up from 1.7 million today, because of rising needs as more Syrians are displaced by the civil war. The U.N. estimates that nearly 4 million of Syria's 22 million people h ...

69 days ago From UN News Centre  

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said its appeal for Syria was 22 per cent funded, having received $15 million of the $68.4 million requested. =93Projects in Jordan had the least funds available to them and without further assistance soon, project ...

72 days ago From All Africa  

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Cairo =97 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) received US$100000 (670000 Egyptian pounds) from the Western Union Foundation to support thousands of children and ...

75 days ago From WAM  

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - WAM Geneva, 1st March 2013 (WAM) - For the first time since late December, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been able to use the Jordanian-Syrian border crossing point of Nasib to deliver food to Southern Syria. The agency says insecurity had ...

82 days ago From gulfnews.com  

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The initiative which was organised by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Groupon, a daily deal website, included a donation of 70 jumps by ...

84 days ago From Examiner.com  

DENVER, COLORADO - Related topics World Food Programme Ethiopia Kenya school feeding East Africa The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in a report released yesterday, ...

97 days ago From Afrique en Ligue   View Archived Article

ROUBAIX, FRANCE - Mauritania gets Euros 1.5m French food aid. Nouakchott, Mauritania - France has given Mauritania, through the World Food Programme (WFP), Euros 1.5 million in food aid, the French Embassy announced Friday. The grant is meant to assist those affected ...

100 days ago From FRANCE 24   View Archived Article

PARIS, FRANCE - Since September, the UN's World Food Programme has been feeding some 1.5 million vulnerable Syrians, sending around 400 truckloads of food each month. AFP - The UN food agency said Tuesday it will dramatically expand its aid operation in Syria to ...

106 days ago From UPI.com   View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 30 (UPI) -- The U.N. World Food Program announced it started providing food assistance in the southern Somali city of Kismayo for the first time in several years. WFP said it was delivering food aid to around 15,000 people in the port city for the .. ...

106 days ago From TV3.ie   View Archived Article

DUBLIN, IRELAND - "The World Food Programme is working to solve the problem of world hunger, and I'm thrilled to be joining forces with them. It's exciting that we are engaging in an effort with the potential to help so many people." The partnership ...

112 days ago From Business Recorder   View Archived Article

KARACHI, PAKISTAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday handed over medical equipment worth of Rs 16.2 million to the health department of the provincial ...

114 days ago From Reuters AlertNet   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - GENEVA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has received permission from the Syrian government to use dozens of additional local aid agencies to try to reach the 2.5 million people deemed hungry in the war-torn country, its chief said o ...