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WFP says 80m more children benefiting from school meals

School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to World Food Program (WFP) executive...

Food vouchers programs in PH to continue

The Philippines’ flagship school meals and food voucher programs will continue to receive unhampered funding from the World Food Program (WFP), its Asia-Pacific chief...

Over 300 dead in Afghanistan floods – WFP

LAQAYI, Afghanistan – More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the UN’s World Food Program said...

Israel pounds Gaza; US vetoes UN truce resolution, food trucks halted

PALESTINIAN Territories — Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of war-torn Gaza as Washington vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for a...

In Ukraine’s Avdiivka, ‘hope is all we have’

By Emmanuel Peuchot "To the north of the city, a large coke plant which used to employ 4,000 people has been the target of numerous...

Raw Bites PH makes healthy snacks, beverages more accessible to Filipinos with LOCAD

According to the World Food Program, many Filipinos still suffer from poor diet. One reason for this is the limited supply of healthy options...

UN agency cuts Yemen food aid for want of funds

The World Food Program said Wednesday it was “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to lack of funds, and warned of a surge...

Growing beyond food security

Before the pandemic, hunger was already a very real and very palpable problem. United Nations agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Program,...

UN warns of growing hunger in Myanmar

The United Nations said it urgently needed funds to feed people in Myanmar amid fears that up to 6.2 million could be plunged into...

Soaring food prices may lead to unrest: UN

Global food prices are rising at their fastest rate in a decade, exacerbating the troubles of the world’s most vulnerable nations as they struggle...

UN worries about humanitarian situation in Tigray ahead of Security Council meeting

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concern in a statement Tuesday about the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying "urgent steps" must...

UN food agency warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ worse than COVID-19

“Famine is at humanity’s doorstep (and) food is the pathway to peace.” Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the...

North Korea says drought could be the worst

Seoul—North Korea is experiencing its worst drought in over a century, official media reported Friday, days after the World Food Program expressed “very serious...

Thousands fleeing bombs, hunger

Al-Hol, Suyia—Faraj was born in the pouring rain on a nondescript stretch of desert road in eastern Syria as his family fled escalating fighting...
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