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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.
WFP HONOURS ITS FIRST SAUDI SPECIAL AMBASSADOR ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has honoured Abdulaziz Arrukban, the first Saudi citizen to have volunteered to work with the agency to raise awareness about hunger issues and funds to help alleviate it.
SAUDI ARABIA PROVIDES FOOD AID FOR 50,000 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES RIYADH - Days after the United Nations World Food Programme warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are becoming destitute, Saudi Arabia has responded with a donation of US$2.6 million to purchase food for 50,000 of the worst affected families.
SAUDI ARABIA DONATES US$5 MILLION TO INDONESIA GOVERNMENT, UN AGENCIES TO SUPPORT EARTHQUAKE RELIEF JAKARTA - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will donate US$5 million to support the earthquake relief and recovery efforts of two levels of the Indonesian government and several humanitarian and United Nations agencies, including a USUS$2 million grant to help fund the UN World Food Programme’s cash-stra