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Sahel: Food For Children Airlifted To Chad
Food Scarce For Refugees In South Sudan 
  • @WFP 1 hour ago

    RT @jonathandumont1: Getting ready 4 a rainy day. Every drop of water in #Chad is precious so WFP pays them with food to build this dam. ...

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  • Youtube Video 4 hours ago

    As Far Away From Anywhere As You Can Get

    As Far Away From Anywhere As You Can Get

    WFP's Jonathan Dumont is in Abeche, Chad, where WFP is pre-positioning food in anticipation of the rainy season which make the roads impassable. By road, Abeche is weeks away from the nearest port--which makes delivering food there extremely challenging.
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  • News Release 7 hours ago

    Australia And The World Food Programme - United Against Global Hunger

    The Australian Government’s recent assessment of multilateral aid agencies has ranked the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as one of the most effective recipients of Australian aid funds.
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  • Youtube Video 1 day ago

    First aid convoy reaches northern Mali

    First aid convoy reaches northern Mali

    A first humanitarian aid convoy left on Friday from Bamako for northern Mali where Tuareg rebels and Islamists militias have seized control. The UN says reports suggest civilians have been subjected to killings, rape, robbery, and are being forced to flee. By kind courtesy of AFP
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  • Video 1 week ago

    Unilever CEO Paul Polman

    Unilever CEO Paul Polman

    Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, tells us why the emergence of public-private partnerships is so important in the fight against hunger.
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  • Hunger in the News 1 day ago

    Niger - Chad: Is sustainable agriculture possible in the Sahel?

    Source: IRIN With drought conditions chronic in the Sahel, many farmers give up trying to grow crops and head to towns and cities to find work. (..) But some agro-ecologists say governments, donors and farmers should not abandon agriculture in the Sahel, and despite being “very difficult”, with the right approaches, there is “huge potential” in natural regeneration, traditional irrigation methods, and simple alternatives such as crop diversification.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 day ago

    Food Arrives For Malian Refugees In Burkina Faso

    Food Arrives For Malian Refugees In Burkina Faso
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  • Story 6 days ago

    School Meals Improve Nutrition and Concentration of School Children in São Tomé and Príncipe

    WFP is providing school meals in 82 kindergartens and 81 primary and secondary schools on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. 
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  • Story 5 days ago

    7 Questions For WFP's New Executive Director Ertharin Cousin

    In her first week at the helm of the world's largest humanitarian aid agency, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin fielded questions from staff about herself and her plans for the fight against hunger. Here are some of her answers.
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  • Hunger in the News 1 week ago

    UN agencies warn of ‘dramatic’ crisis brewing in Africa’s Sahel region

    Source: The Washington Post / AP

    Northern Africa’s Sahel region risks being plunged into a dramatic humanitarian crisis unless aid for those affected by drought, conflict and poverty is scaled up soon, three senior United Nations officials warned Tuesday. (..) The region, which includes countries such as Mali, Chad and Niger has been hit hard by political instability and three droughts in less than 10 years.
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  • Story 1 week ago

    Courageous Sub-Office Team Evacuates Others, Then Returns To Battle Zone

    "The longest 90 minutes of our lives,” was how one WFP staffer described the experience of driving his children and colleagues to safety through the Sudanese town of Kadugli, as gun battles raged on a summer day last year. The same staffer returned just hours later to help distribute food to frightened inhabitants
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  • Story 6 days ago

    Celebrity Partner Sami Yusuf Tells Young People To Do Their Part

    At this year’s DIHAD conference on humanitarian aid, WFP Celebrity Partner Sami Yusuf called on the world’s youth to take the fight against hunger into their hands. The renowned singer-songwriter has been raising funds and awareness for hungry children in the Horn of Africa with his new single “Forgotten Promises”.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago

    Ecuador: Food Arrives for Flood-Affected Families

    Ecuador: Food Arrives for Flood-Affected Families
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  • WFP Photos 1 week ago

    Shopping For Camel Meat In Northern Somalia

    Shopping For Camel Meat In Northern Somalia
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  • Story 1 week ago

    How WFP Responds To Disasters [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis. Want to know what happens when disaster strikes and WFP is called on to provide emergency food assistance? This infographic explains the key steps in our response, from the first few hours of the emergency right through to the situation 3 months later.
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for Aid Professionals

For news and views on developments in the world of humanitarian aid, go to the Aid Professionals page. There are maps of crisis zones, the aid pro blog, access to the Food Aid Information System and much much more.

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for Teachers

Want to help us spread the word about hunger? We have a range of resources that teachers can use in the classroom, plus news about schools that are already involved in the fight against hunger.

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for Private Sector

WFP seeks to catalyse change through innovative partnerships with the private sector. In a range of ways, companies are helping to make us better at what we do,often by sharing their equipment, staff and expertise.

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for Students

Spreading the word, organising events, raising funds. Find out how you can help fight hunger. And see how many fellow students around the world are already doing it!

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