EGYPTIAN FOOTBALLER ABOUTRIKA PLAYS AGAINST HUNGER CAIRO - Egyptian soccer player, Mohamed Aboutrika is to use his celebrity status to help the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in its fight against child hunger, the agency announced today. The 28-year-old Egyptian striker is a famous footballer in the Middle East, and plays for Egypt’s giant club Al-Ahly.
WFP APPEALS FOR SAFE PASSAGE FOR FOOD AID AMID NEPAL’S CRISIS Kathmandu – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all parties to allow safe passage for food convoys in Nepal. Despite ongoing violence, WFP reiterated its commitment to continuing to provide urgently needed food aid to hundreds of thousands of Nepalese.