Haiti Earthquake: WFP Works With Partners to Assist Survivors
August 17, 2021
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working around the clock to respond after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti on Saturday.
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The Price Tag of a Poor Diet Is a Lot Higher Than You Think
August 3, 2021
Can you put a price on the cost of poor diets? The U.N. World Food Programme has, and it’s a hefty bill.
“Hope Is Key to Our Work.” Highlights From a Conversation Between WFP USA’s President and the Alliance’s Eric Mitchell
July 22, 2021
On June 29th, World Food Program USA President and CEO Barron Segar sat down with the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Hunger, Eric Mitchell, to discuss hunger in Central America.
WFP Launches School Meals Program in Venezuela
July 7, 2021
WFP started its school meals program in Venezuela this week, with the first distributions of take-home rations to children and school staff.
First WFP Food Supplies for Vulnerable Schoolchildren Arrive in Venezuela
July 1, 2021
WFP has moved its first food supplies to its logistics hub in Venezuela, as it prepares to launch its school meals program for vulnerable schoolchildren and employees in the country.
Trouble in the Tropics: Climate Change, COVID-19 and the Relentless Cycle of Hunger
June 29, 2021
For International Day of the Tropics, we’re taking a deeper look at how climate presents unique challenges for those living in the Dry Corridor and how WFP is helping to break the cycle of hunger.
“La Casa de Oro”: Growing a House of Green Gold in Central America’s Dry Corridor
June 18, 2021
There’s little remarkable about a greenhouse growing chilies, cucumbers and tomatoes until you learn that it’s in the ‘Dry Corridor’—a vast stretch of Central America where drought is pushing more and more people into hunger.
Barren Farms, Violent Crime and No Jobs. Here’s What Most of Us Don’t Know About Migration
June 15, 2021
Today, the global spotlight on the Central American migration crisis has left many to question what the root causes are of the migration. We have some answers, and they all boil down to one thing: hunger.
To Untangle America’s Complex Border Challenges, We Must First Tame Climate Change and Hunger
May 13, 2021
There are no easy solutions to untangle America’s complex border challenges, but there are remedies that can alleviate vulnerable people’s need to migrate. They begin with understanding what truly drives the hunger that prompts so many people to leave their homes.
Life Without Water: Poverty & Hunger in Honduras
May 12, 2021
Maria’s family invested all their money in corn crops, then watched them wither away from drought. Now they’re struggling to put food on the table and praying for rain.
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