FIGHTING CUTS OFF 355,000 PEOPLE FROM FOOD AID KHARTOUM - Hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur have gone hungry for three consecutive months because fighting and banditry have prevented the World Food Programme (WFP) from reaching them, announced Kenro Oshidari, WFP’s Representative in Sudan.
PLAYING CLEAN: WORLD’S LEADING HUMANITARIAN VIDEO GAME REACHES 4 MILLION 「 ROME – Twelve months after its launch, the world’s first humanitarian video game about hunger is being celebrated as an unprecedented success story. “Food Force” is about clean fun for kids, in an environment where popular video games are often filled with sex and violence.
WFP TO PROVIDE FOOD AID TO SUPPORT PEACE PROCESS IN THE PHILIPPINES Manila, Philippines – The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that it will provide food aid to Mindanao in the Philippines in support of the government’s effort to end the long-standing conflict on the island.
EVEREST CLIMB TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUNGER, ASSIST NEPALESE CHILDREN IN NEED Kathmandu – Mark Squirrell leaves Kathmandu today on a different sort of field mission. As the security officer for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, Squirrell normally makes many trips to the remote and undeveloped districts of the country, where WFP assists thousands of families each year.
