JAPAN DONATES SHS3.6 BILLION WORTH OF RICE TO UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME The Japanese government has donated Ug.Shs3.6 billion worth of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist people at risk in Uganda, including 1.5 million displaced persons sheltered in congested camps north of the country.
PHNOM PENH - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanked Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata for donating soccer balls to Banteay Srei Primary School in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Nakata visited the school last week with WFP, which provides hot meals to 830 students there.
WFP CHIEF VISITS LEBANON -- FOOD NEEDS BEING MET AS NORMAL LIFE SLOWLY RESUMES GHAZIEH, Lebanon - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, James Morris, who is currently visiting Lebanon, today travelled south to see for himself the impact of the war on a town badly damaged by bombing and to review the needs of the people as they rebuild their lives after nearly five wee
LITHUANIA MAKES FIRST WFP DONATION FOR INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS ROME - The Government of Lithuania has made its first ever donation to the World Food Programme, providing US$37,000 in response to the massive earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Java last month.
MORE MISERY IN KENYA: WFP FORCED TO CUT FOOD RATIONS TO REFUGEES NAIROBI – As a result of insufficient funding, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce food aid rations to some 230,000 Somali and Sudanese refugees living in two camps in remote areas in northeast Kenya.
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10月16日は「世界食料デー」。2019年のテーマは「未来をつくる私たちのアクション:飢餓のない世界は健康的な食生活から」です。
最新の推計では、2018年の世界の飢餓人口は8億2000万人以上とみられ、世界総人口のおよそ9人に1 人が飢餓に直面しています。この飢餓人口はここ数年連続でゆるやかに増加しています。一方、不健康な食生活がもたらす肥満の割合は世界のどの地域でも上昇傾向にあり、あらゆる形態の栄養不良の課題に取り組むことが求められています。