Today’s $8 million contribution from the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will help maintain critical food assistance to refugees living in Nduta, Mtendeli and Nyarugusu camps in north-western Tanzania.
Without urgent access to the care they need, severely malnourished children are at imminent risk of death. We must be able to safely reach all children, women and girls in need as soon as possible, particularly in the areas most affected by recent violence.
We applaud President Biden’s signing of this Rescue Plan and its robust funding for key international food assistance accounts, particularly the Food for Peace program and the International Disaster Assistance program.
Over half of the people in Yemen are facing acute food shortages with millions knocking on the door of famine. We have the vaccine to save their lives – it’s food, and all we need is the funding.
Girls Gotta Run in Ethiopia has an innovative model of using sports to build girls’ confidence and guide them in setting and obtaining goals – critical skills for girls to succeed in school and beyond.
“Scott brings stellar executive leadership, strategic vision, and a growth mindset that will help us take our organization to the next level,” says Barron Segar, President and CEO of WFP USA.
The world had an expanding safety net, with school feeding a growing priority for governments. Then COVID-19 arrived and smashed it all.
One of the bitter realities of our work is that women and girls are more likely than men and boys to suffer from hunger. So everywhere we work, closing the hunger gender gap is one of our biggest priorities.
It might seem futuristic, but WFP’s “PLUS” software designs a “menu” of school meals that are healthier, up to 20% cheaper, and use as much as 70% locally-sourced ingredients.
We need to get school feeding programs running again – even better than before – to stop COVID destroying the futures of millions of the world’s most vulnerable children.
