WFP DESPERATELY NEEDS FUNDS TO SUSTAIN PAKISTAN HELICOPTER LIFELINE CAIRO - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that US$24 million is urgently needed to maintain its helicopter ‘lifeline’ operation in Pakistan -- the largest relief helicopter operation in the UN’s history -- until the end of August to assist thousands of victims of last year’s earthquake.
YOKOHAMA – On the last day of a four-day visit to Japan, WFP Deputy Executive Director Sheila Sisulu participated in the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2007 Public Forum and delivered a keynote speech on the theme for this year’s IWD: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls.” Sisulu spoke to the audience which filled the U Thant Hall at the UN House in Tokyo, and explained h
WFP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR PRINCESS HAYA BACKS FOOD AID’S DUAL ROLE IN ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA – Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein today congratulated donors for their generosity and urged them to continue their support for food aid, following a visit to projects run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia.
3.5 MILLION KENYANS HIT BY DROUGHT IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE REPORT FINDS NAIROBI – The Government of Kenya and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that 3.5 million Kenyans are running out of food because of the complete failure of the short rains, nearly tripling the number Kenyans in need of emergency food assistance.
WFP STARTS EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERIES TO WESTERN NEPAL KATHMANDU - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started transporting emergency food assistance to help communities in western Nepal hit by drought in an operation that is eventually expected to reach 225,000 people.
WFP SAYS ONSET OF LONG RAINS IN KENYA TOO LATE FOR MILLIONS IN NEED OF FOOD NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that despite a good start to the long rains falling in the epicentre of the regional drought, millions of nomadic herders and subsistence farmers in Kenya remained in desperate need of sustained assistance until they can rebuild their lives.
RISING TIDE OF SOMALI REFUGEES STRAINS FOOD STOCKS IN KENYA'S CAMPS NAIROBI - Somali refugees escaping the conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Transitional Federal Government have pushed the number of refugees in Kenya to the highest level in a decade, threatening to exhaust food aid stocks unless urgent donations are made, the United Nations World Food Programme said today.