World Food Program USA Blog

The withdrawal of humanitarian aid in Iraq‎

At the end of August, we will see a U.S. withdrawal of troops from Iraq. But there is another withdrawal already under way in Iraq: humanitarian aid.

Low funding has forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to significantly cut programs that benefit Iraqi school children and malnourished children under the age of five.

Caroline Legros, a WFP officer in Iraq says, "The plan of reaching 1.76 million beneficiaries (960,000 primary school children and 800,000 pregnant/nursing women, malnourished children under 5, and their families) has been revised to just under 300,000 beneficiaries in total.”

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Save the Children, WFP team up to bring aid to flood victims in Pakistan

Many victims of the massive flooding in Pakistan have been isolated and unable to receive aid. This is changing though as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) completed an airlift on Thursday to reach communities in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan.

WFP reports that "The first three missions touched down in the town of Kalam carrying over seven metric tons of food—enough to feed 2,500 people for a week."

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New World Food Program USA site opens

The Friends of the World Food Program has changed its name to World Food Program USA. With this change comes a new web site at www.wfpusa.org.

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World Food Programme distributing rations in Pakistan, Côte d’Ivoire program only 6 percent funded

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing emergency food rations for victims of the massive flooding in Northwestern Pakistan. WFP expects to feed up to 150,000 families over the next few months as part of the relief effort.

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Fight hunger, build peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Josette Sheeran, director of the World Food Programme (WFP), just visited the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). She heard first-hand the stories of attacks on civilians, and children being recruited to fight.

WFP is providing food aid to 150,000 people in the North Kivu province who have been displaced by fighting between the government and rebel groups. Sheeran said, "we've heard story after story of tremendous suffering among the people here and violence that has been perpetrated on them — and we condemn that violence and echo the call for increased stability."

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Update on Feed the Future and the Roadmap to End Global Hunger

Kayla Auletto of the World Food Program USA recently provided an update on President Obama's Feed the Future initiative, a plan to increase agricultural production in developing countries. This program will be run out of the State Department.

 

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College student starts Plumpy'nut Press to fight child malnutrition

During the American Revolution, Thomas Paine spent time in York, Pennsylvania writing The Crisis. This pamphlet series opened with the famous line ..."These are the times that try men's souls."  Some of this series was even printed in York.

 

Today, York is again home to writing and publishing about a major crisis: only this time it's global hunger. York resident Elizabeth Stoltz has started Plumpy'nut Press, a magazine dedicated to the plumpy'nut foods used to save the lives of malnourished children. 

 

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Senate needs to back Yemen resolution with food aid

The Senate passed a resolution last year calling for support of Yemen, a country afflicted by Al Qaeda, internal conflict, hunger and poverty. The resolution states that the Senate "supports the innocent civilians in Yemen, especially displaced persons, who have suffered from instability, terrorist operations, and chronic underdevelopment in Yemen."

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Al Qaeda, War, Hunger, and Poverty

Al Qaeda, war, hunger, and poverty. Can you imagine all of these threats converging on a nation at the same time? This is exactly what is happening to Yemen in the Middle East.

The Al Qaeda terrorist network has made Yemen a primary base. If they are not stopped, there is fear they could gain strength enough to launch more attacks against the West. Secretary of State Clinton said of the U.S. and Yemen, "We face a common threat from those violent extremists who target civilians without mercy or remorse."

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Al Qaeda, War, Hunger, and Poverty

Al Qaeda, war, hunger, and poverty. Can you imagine all of these threats converging on a nation at the same time? This is exactly what is happening to Yemen in the Middle East.

The Al Qaeda terrorist network has made Yemen a primary base. If they are not stopped, there is fear they could gain strength enough to launch more attacks against the West. Secretary of State Clinton said of the U.S. and Yemen, "We face a common threat from those violent extremists who target civilians without mercy or remorse."

Read the full article at Blogcritics Magazine