The 400-foot long bridge will connect tens of thousands of people and is key not only for humanitarian operations but is expected to boost farm-to-market access and commercial activities in the region as well.
Recently returned from India, WFP Development Director Torrey Shallcross recalls her meaningful experience visiting a school that receives WFP meals.
Hungry children do not build prosperous economies or peaceful societies. School meals represent one of the most affordable and effective investments we can ever make in humanity.
“While one segment of society is dreaming of life on Mars, over 113 million others are facing acute hunger and dreaming of food…Good nutrition is the bed-rock of sustainable development, peace and security.”
Prolonged droughts followed by heavy rain have destroyed more than half of the corn and bean crops that subsistence farmers rely on to survive.
We need “a systemwide transformation” in the way we live, work, govern and grow our food. It’s no small task.
Children form the future human capital of a nation, and school feeding programs provide a key support in building the foundations.
A look at what 2018 meant for the World Food Programme (WFP) and the millions of people it serves.
This World Food Day 2018, we’re excited to announce the three recipients of the Fall 2018 Catherine Bertini Trust Fund Awards.
“Solving food insecurity is not about producing more food, but rather making the most of the food that we already have.”
