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UNICEF/WFP Chiefs Call for Renewed Support to Pakistan’s Flood Victims
The Executive Directors of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have called on the international community to step up their support for the victims of the ongoing floods in Pakistan. GD Star...
Food Distribution To Pakistan Flood Victims Begins
The World Food Programme (WFP) has started food distributions to 35,000 families hit by catastrophic flooding in Northwestern Pakistan, which has also affected parts of neighboring Afghanistan. GD Star Ratingloading...
Lack of Funds May Force World Food Programme in Central African Republic to Cut Feeding Hungry
Tens of thousands of people risk becoming malnourished unless critical new funding is secured for the World Food Programme in the Central African Republic (CAR). WFP has a $15-million shortfall over the next eight months to provide food assistance to...
World Food Programme to Expand Kyrgyzstan Operations Before Winter Sets in
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up its operations in Kyrgyzstan, taking into account rising food prices, a poor harvest, the onset of winter and the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the ethnic violence that erupted...
250,000 People in Mozambique Face Food Shortages
State-run Radio Mozambique has reported that relief agencies in Mozambique claim approximately 250 000 people in four Mozambican provinces are without food. GD Star Ratingloading...Search terms to this the article:SETSAn mozambique (1)
40 More Helicopters Needed To Reach Communities Stranded By Pakistan Floods
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has estimated that it requires at least 40 additional heavy-lift helicopters in Pakistan to reach the huge number of people cut off from land assistance by the recent floods with desperately needed emergency...
World Food Programme Scaling Up Niger Operation
With millions of people facing hunger in Niger caused by a combination of drought, poor harvests and high food prices, the World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up to reach almost 8 million people with food assistance over the next 6 months. GD Star Ratingloading...
Niger Short of Food With Nearly Half of the Country’s 15.2 Million Inhabitants Facing Hunger
This year Niger is once more short of food. Nearly half of the country’s 15.2 million inhabitants are facing hunger due to failed harvests in 2009, according to the government. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that more than 212,500 tons...
