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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT
WFP continues relief efforts in the Caucasus
WFP has so far reached 126,000 beneficiaries in Georgia, with more deliveries taking place today. IDPs have been provided with wheat flour, vegetable oil, beans, salt, sugar, HEBs and baked bread.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT
Hunger's global hotspots: 21 August 2008
Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMT
WFP National Officer killed in Southern Somalia
The Executive Director of WFP has expressed shock and sadness today at the killing of one of the agency's staff members in southern Somalia.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:00 GMT
WFP Head expresses condolences to IRC over Afghanistan killings
WFP's Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, has sent a letter of condolence to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) expressing profound sadness and regret at the August 13th incident outside Kabul, Afghanistan, where four IRC staff members were killed.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT
WFP sends food to Georgian town of Gori
WFP today dispatched a truckload of food to the conflict-affected town of Gori, where it has been unable to reach people due to insecurity.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:11:00 GMT
Emergency Grants to Help People Most Affected by Global Food Crisis
Grants to World Food Programme and others to provide nutritious food, support small-scale farmers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:13:00 GMT
Hungerbytes: Hollywood, Silicon Valley and hunger agency join forces
A man lies dead by the time a single orange has been eaten … a well-to-do family fights over whose turn it is to have dinner at a candlelit table … a tin can proves maddeningly impervious to being opened by someone who has "no access" to food…
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT
WFP airlifts high energy biscuits to Georgia for conflict victims
Two cargo aircraft chartered by WFP set off this morning for Tbilisi, Georgia, with 34 metric tons of high energy biscuits to assist thousands of people in Georgia displaced by the recent conflict.
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:06:00 GMT
WFP reaches thousands in Georgia displaced by conflict
Two cargo aircraft chartered by WFP set off this morning for Tbilisi, Georgia, with 34 metric tons of high energy biscuits for the thousands of people in Georgia displaced by the recent conflict.
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:32:00 GMT
WFP provides food to thousands displaced in Georgia
WFP has started providing food assistance to more than 2,000 people displaced since fighting began in the region of South Ossetia on Friday.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:16:00 GMT
WFP provides food to thousands displaced by conflict in Georgia (corrected)
WFP has started providing food assistance to more than 2,000 people displaced by the escalating conflict in Georgia, where hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more have fled their homes since fighting began in the region of South Ossetia on Friday.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:07:00 GMT
WFP: Cash roll-out to help hunger hot spots
As nearly one billion poor people worldwide struggle to survive the unrelenting global high food and fuel price crisis, WFP announced today the roll-out of a US$214 million package directed at 16 hunger hotspots.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:04:00 GMT
Hunger's global hotspots: 6 August 2008
Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMT
Canada to protect food ships headed for Somalia
WFP has welcomed Canada's decision to deploy a frigate to Somalia to protect WFP food ships against piracy.
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:34:00 GMT
Pavarotti memorial concert to help WFP in Afghanistan
The great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's legacy, a year after his death, now includes a special memorial ceremony and concert to raise funds for UN projects supporting refugees in Afghanistan.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:55:00 GMT
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