UN News
Sindicatum Carbon Capital Gives Major Donation to WFP for Rural Development in East Indonesia
WFP today welcomed a significant donation from Sindicatum Carbon Capital of US$ 100,000 to support food-for-workprojects in East Indonesia.
Hunger's Global Hotspots: 19 November 2008
Facts, figures and the latest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.
WFP Steps Up Distributions in Eastern Congo
WFP is stepping up food distributions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where recent fighting between the Congolese army and Laurent Nkunda's rebels has heightened the need for food assistance.
Kenyans Save WFP Food Cargo From River
Local people helped WFP overcome a minor disaster recently when a truck carrying food to a district north of Nairobi, in Kenya, became submerged in a flooded river.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - 25 November 2008
In December 1999, at their 54th Session, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring November 25th the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAW). This year, WFP celebrates this event in solidarity with the United Nations' global efforts to end violence against women and girls.
DRC: Operational Update - 18 November 2008
WFP is stepping up food distributions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with plans to reach nearly 100,000 displaced people around the city of Goma and in territory further north, which is controlled by rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.
UN Agencies Join Forces To Bring Weather Insurance To Rural Poor People
WFP and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a joint initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to help provide poor rural farmers with financial protection following natural hazard events.
DRC: Operational Update - 14 November 2008
WFP began a large scale food distribution on Friday to tens of thousands of people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo towns of Rutshuru and Kiwanja.
Crossing the Frontline to Deliver
Then in ones and twos, Laurent Nkunda's camouflaged rebels emerged from the green-brown bush. We had crossed the frontline.
DRC: Operational Update - 12 November 2008
On Tuesday, a WFP mission was able to deliver nearly a ton of BP-5 high-energy biscuits to Medecins Sans Frontieres in Rutshuru town.
Iraq: Access to Food Improves But Hunger Remains
The latest Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) on Iraq shows an improved situation but notes also that nearly a million people are still food insecure.
New Report Says Iraq Food Security Better But Situation Still Volatile
The number of people without adequate access to food in Iraq has fallen dramatically, according to the findings of a joint assessment carried out by the Iraqi Government and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Hunger's Global Hotspots: 12 November 2008
Facts, figures and the latest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.
Zimbabwe - WFP Feeds 2 Million in October but Forced To Cut Rations in November
WFP distributed 29,000 tons of food to around 2 million vulnerable people across Zimbabwe in October – the first month of large-scale distributions.
Food Ships to Somalia Receive NATO and Dutch Protection
The Netherlands and NATO have responded to an appeal from WFP for naval escorts to protect its ships carrying life-saving assistance from pirate attacks off Somalia. More than 2 million Somalis could go hungry without this protection.
Pakistan: Operational Update
WFP is distributing fortified ready-to-eat biscuits to the worst-affected District of Ziarat from WFP warehouses in Quetta. It is also supplying flour, pulses, vegetable oil and salt in ration packets in many villages.
DRC: Operational Update- 10 November 2008
WFP is continuing its operations to move food to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to complete food distributions to people displaced by the recent upsurge in fighting. On Monday, WFP expects to complete the distribution of 10-day food rations to over 135,000 people in six camps around Goma.
DRC: Gunfire Disrupts Food Distribution
It sounded like a ripple of distant fireworks to me but to the thousands of displaced people gathered at Kibati camp for a WFP food distribution it was something infinitely more menacing and terrifying.
