WFP ENDS FOOD AID TO ALBANIA THANKS TO IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY Tirana – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today the end of its almost decade-long operation in Albania, marked by the official closure of its office in Tirana on 28 February. “It’s clear that fewer people need food assistance now.
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.
3.5 MILLION AFGHANS FACE CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF FOOD AID KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme today called on donors to provide urgently needed funds to its Afghanistan operation to ensure food assistance to 3.5 million hungry Afghans, warning that there will be a break in food supplies this month without fresh donations.
WFP CONCLUDES OPERATION IN LEBANON BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme today concluded a three-month successful operation in Lebanon to provide food assistance to over 810,000 Lebanese who were affected by the bombardment of Lebanon during this summer’s Middle East crisis.
MASSIVE AID EFFORT CONTAINS GROWTH OF MALNUTRITION IN DARFUR KHARTOUM – Despite the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, a new United Nations assessment has found that overall malnutrition levels have mostly stabilized in 2006 and food insecurity has improved slightly thanks to a stronger international response to the suffering in Sudan’s war-torn west.
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
