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.
WFP HAILS EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR EUROS 5 MILLION FOR KENYA DROUGHT NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme today hailed the European Commission for donating Euros 5.05 million (US$5.98 million) in cash to help provide food aid for 3.5 million people in northern and eastern Kenya, saying this was the sort of quick, flexible response needed as the drought worsens.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY MEETS HUNGRY CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN SUDAN ON DAY OF FASTING MALAKAL, Sudan – On the traditional day of fasting for millions of Christians around the world, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr.
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.
WFP LEADERS GATHER IN COPENHAGEN AMIDST GROWING HUNGER CRISES COPENHAGEN - UN World Food Programme leaders, from some 80 countries, are gathering in the Danish capital over the next five days to discuss current and future challenges facing the world’s largest humanitarian organization.
WFP URGES SOMALI LEADERS, MILITIAS TO PROTECT AID AGENCIES AFTER SHOOTING NAIROBI – Following a fatal shooting at a food distribution in southern Somalia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) appealed today to leaders and militias throughout Somalia to provide access and protection to humanitarian agencies to enable them to respond to a worsening drought emergency.
UN LEADERS URGE NEW EFFORT TO END SUFFERING OF MILLIONS IN AFRICA’S GREAT LAKES REGION BUJUMBURA – The heads of three of the largest United Nations humanitarian agencies today urged the international community to match political progress in the Great Lakes region with a new commitment to end the suffering of the millions of people forgotten by the rest of the world.
WFP News Release 26 October 2006 FUNDING SHORTAGE EDGES MILLIONS OF SOUTHERN AFRICANS INTO FOOD CRISIS JOHANNESBURG – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that a massive funding shortfall is forcing food aid cuts to as many as 4.3 million people across southern Africa who remain chronically vulnerable despite this year’s reportedly good harvests across the region.
