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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.

HUNGER BLOG: SUMMER FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE ROME - As school winds down for the summer, a new blog launched by the United Nations World Food Programme will keep kids active while giving them a chance to talk directly to aid workers battling on the frontline of some of the world’s hunger hotspots.

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.

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.

HISTORIC HUMANITARIAN HELICOPTER SERVICE WOUND UP IN PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD - The largest humanitarian helicopter operation ever organised by the United Nations ended today after having successfully transported nearly 30,000 tons of aid supplies and tens of thousands of aid workers and other passengers to the Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir struck by a devastating earthquake eight months ago.

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.

UK DONATION FOR ROADS MAY OPEN NEW ERA OF DRIVING ACROSS SUDAN KHARTOUM – The World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a donation of US$8.7 million from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development earmarked for the United Nations food agency’s giant road works project in southern Sudan.

TRIAGE AGAIN IN AFRICA AS WFP FORCED TO CUT RATIONS FOR MILLIONS ACROSS SUDAN KHARTOUM – The UN World Food Programme said today that a critically slow response to appeals for its emergency operation in Sudan have forced it to cut rations of pulses, sugar and salt for up to 3.5 million people immediately, to help limited stocks last longer.

5 October 2006 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DONATION HELPS SUSTAIN WFP OPERATIONS IN DARFUR KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme mission in Darfur has received a welcome boost with two significant donations from the European Commission: €26 million for WFP’s emergency relief operations and €2 million for the Humanitarian Air Service (WFPHAS), which transports both WFP and

WFP News Release 5 November 2006 ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR WORLD RECORD MARATHONER AND MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE New York - The United Nations World Food Programme warmly congratulated its Ambassador against Hunger, top record holder Paul Tergat, on his performance today in New York where he finished third place in the world’s most prestigious marathon race.