‘We Can Now Collect Food With Dignity’
March 17, 2020
This women’s history month, Rohingya women share their stories of feeding their families under the most extreme conditions imaginable. How will history remember them?
WFP News
Topic: Innovation & Technology
Cash Assistance From WFP and the European Union Helps Keep Syrian Refugees in Turkey Out of Poverty
March 10, 2020
Through the program, each family member receives $22 per month, and studies show that the 1.7 million refugees mostly spend it on rent, utilities, food and other household needs.
World Food Program USA Announces Spring 2020 Grantees for the Catherine Bertini Trust Fund
March 8, 2020
Women and girls make up a majority of the world’s hungry people, largely as a result of unequal access to education. These two initiatives are changing that tradition.
Well-Fed Schoolchildren Are Key to Fueling Africa’s Economic Growth and Development
March 3, 2020
Preliminary results of a Harvard University analysis show that globally, every dollar spent on a school meals program can bring returns of as much as $20.
Leading Business Network Pledges Support to Tackle Sri Lanka’s High Malnutrition
December 10, 2019
Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of acute malnutrition in the world. SUN BN – a global network spanning 41 countries – aims to reduce malnutrition in all its forms through investment, innovation and sustainable actions.
WFP Executive Director Visits Sudan to Meet New Government and Sends off First Barges to South Sudan
October 22, 2019
First the first time in nearly eight years, three WFP-contracted barges sailed to South Sudan with enough food to feed 370,000 people for one month.
World Food Program USA Announces Fall 2019 Grantees for the Catherine Bertini Trust Fund
October 22, 2019
The Fund has awarded two organizations – World Assistance for Cambodia and Kakenya’s Dream – with grants to expand their programs and make an even greater impact on the lives of the women and girls they serve.
United Nations World Food Programme Launches Global Movement to Help Fight Food Waste
October 2, 2019
#StoptheWaste is a global campaign to raise awareness about the huge amounts of edible food that is discarded every day – a habit that must be overcome if we are to make real progress in eradicating global hunger.
United Nations World Food Programme Brings the First-Ever #DisruptHunger Innovation Accelerator to the USA
October 1, 2019
World Food Program USA today announced it is sponsoring the first-of-its-kind event in the United States, the United Nations World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp & Pitch Night.
WFP and Alibaba Unveil Next Generation of Machine Learning Technology in the Fight Against Hunger
September 25, 2019
Hunger Map LIVE brings together streams of publicly available information on food security, nutrition, conflict, weather and macro-economic data to show a holistic picture of the food security situation.
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