Salesforce announced it’s donating $150,000 toward WFP USA’s fundraising campaign for the United Nations World Food Programme’s COVID-19 emergency response and will promote its partnership through a series of virtual events.
As the world copes with the impact of a health pandemic and the anticipated rise in severe hunger globally, Mr. Khan’s work on behalf of WFP USA comes at a critical time.
The CEOs of these global nonprofits urge the United States to increase its support of COVID-19 response efforts.
School closures “could do lasting damage,” says WFP’s executive director. The futures of more than a billion students worldwide are at stake.
A new report finds that rates of acute hunger worldwide are the highest they’ve been since the report’s inception.
On April 21, WFP ED David Beasley addressed the UN Security Council, asking them to act quickly to prevent COVID-19 from pushing millions of people into famine.
Right now, WFP’s primary focus is continuing to fulfill its mission to get lifesaving food to millions of people around the world while protecting the safety and health of its staff.
Women, especially in rural areas, are instrumental in the fight against hunger and malnutrition and in making food systems more productive and sustainable.
The dangerous escalation in Northwest Syria is leaving one third of the Syrian people food insecure, 1 in 3 children out of school, and over half of all health facilities non-functional.
World Food Program USA has been selected as a Shorty Social Good Award Finalist for its Women Are Hungrier campaign in the Best Multi-Platform Campaign category. Â
