New Guidelines Provide a Roadmap for Safe Reopening of Schools
April 30, 2020
School closures “could do lasting damage,” says WFP’s executive director. The futures of more than a billion students worldwide are at stake.
WFP News
Topic: Sustainable Development & Education
This Is How Humanitarian Telecoms Hubs Are Racing to Beat COVID-19
April 30, 2020
Information is one of the most important weapons in a pandemic. Here’s how WFP tech hubs are scaling up to help.
Futures of 370 Million Children in Jeopardy As School Closures Deprive Them of School Meals – UNICEF and WFP
April 29, 2020
Millions of kids could go hungry during the pandemic without school meals. WFP wants to help.
After Coronavirus Closed Schools in the Poorest, Most Vulnerable and Remote Part of Honduras, Teachers Got on Bikes to Deliver Food to Hungry Kids
April 23, 2020
WFP, UNICEF and the Honduran Government are helping teachers deliver food to out-of-school students on the remote Mosquito Coast – by bicycle.
These Girls Started out Orphans or in Urban Slums. Now They’re Becoming Community Leaders.
March 8, 2020
See how two projects in Tanzania and Uganda are changing the lives of hundreds of young girls who wouldn’t have been able to go to school without them.
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.
This One Simple Thing Can Feed Children, Reduce Inequality, Empower Women and Girls, and Break the Cycle of Poverty
March 5, 2020
What is “home grown” school feeding? It’s not only transforming the lives of students, but entire communities.
Shrity: The Dreamer, The Teacher
March 3, 2020
Standing in a doorway to the alley, Shrity brushes her teeth before sitting on the bed she shares with three other people. Here, she finishes her homework and eats a quick meal of rice and lentils before walking the littered streets to school.
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.
Hunger and Domestic Violence: How Today’s Food Aid Builds Dams, Fills Bellies & Empowers Women
February 20, 2020
Patience Mauhura has a message for women: Don’t wait for your husbands. Think outside the box. Use your hands and your brains. It’s time to work hard.
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