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YOKOHAMA – On an eight-day mission to Japan, Kenro Oshidari, Representative of the WFP Sudan Office, emphasized the greater need for the people of Japan to raise awareness of the situation in Sudan and for greater support.

UN AGENCY HEADS URGE PRESIDENT KIBAKI TO PREPARE FOR WORSENING DROUGHT AND PLEDGE CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR DROUGHT AFFECTED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Nairobi 2 March 2006 The Executive Directors of the World Food Programme and UNICEF, James T. Morris and Ann M. Veneman, will meet Kenya President Mwai Kibaki today to urge an even stronger focus on the catastrophic impact of the deepening drought.

2021年8月14日、ハイチ南部でマグニチュード7.2の地震が発生し、2,200人が死亡、13万7,000棟が倒壊しました。 マリーさんは妊娠していました。家が崩壊し、娘2人と一緒に逃げ出し、近くの無人の土地に避難しましたが、やがてその土地は、家を失った多くの避難民が集まる場所となりました。 これらの人びとは被災した自宅を離れ、一時避難場所に集まった2万6,000人のうちの一部です。マリー・マルセレーヌさんは言います。「キャンプでの生活は決して楽なものではありませんでした。食べるものもなく、とても悲しかった。ハイチの国は呪われていると思いました。なぜ私たちがこのような目に遭わなければならないのかと問いかけました」 結局彼らは5カ月間、避難所に滞在することになりました。

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 WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, URGES IMPLEMENTATION BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon as the best chance so far to end the armed hostilities and called for speedy implementation by both sides to stop the human suffering and allow desperately needed relief to reach the hundreds of thousands of civili

MOUNTAIN GUIDES HELP WFP PREPARE RECOVERY FROM PAKISTAN QUAKE ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the formation of a team of 23 experienced international and Pakistani mountain guides to assess damage and destruction in mountainous areas of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir hit by last October’s earthquake.

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.

WFP FACES MAJOR SETBACKS & DEVELOPMENTS IN ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER URGENT AID TO LEBANON ， Overnight bombing of the highway north from Beirut to the Syrian border has cut the road in at least three places and reportedly destroyed critical bridges. This could effectively sever the vital humanitarian lifeline between Lebanon and the outside world.

BLEAKEST MALNUTRITION SITUATION IN SOMALIA IN YEARS - WFP & UNICEF NAIROBI - Recent outbreaks of fighting and the worst drought in a decade have pushed many people in Somalia to their limit, creating the bleakest malnutrition situation in years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today.

TANZANIA: URGENT FOOD AID NEEDED FOR HALF A MILLION HIT BY DROUGHT DAR ES SALAAM – The United Nations World Food Programme today urgently appealed for US$16.6 million to feed 565,000 people in Tanzania facing severe hunger because of drought.