The United Kingdom made a holiday gift to Sudan this week.
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
My Cincinnati Enquirer Column on the Peace of Christmas Eve
Two hundred years ago this Christmas Eve, America and Britain received a special gift. Only nobody in either country knew about it.
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Filed under global hunger
How Santa began a Food for Peace movement
The U.S. military took part in a special mission during the holidays of 1953. It was called “Operation Reindeer.”
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Filed under global hunger
My commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Two hundred years ago this Christmas Eve, America and Britain received a special gift. Only nobody in either country knew about it.
Read my commentary at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Filed under global hunger
China to use internet to help WFP fight Ebola
Technology can be a vital tool in the fight against the Ebola virus. The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) is launching an online fundraiser with Tencent, a major internet company.
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Food for education is freedom for children
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) made a special announcement today. A donation from Germany of US $ 30 million will provide food for millions of hungry Yemenis.
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Roundup of funding shortages for UN hunger relief
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the lead agency fighting hunger, requires voluntary donations for its aid missions. Without these contributions they cannot feed the hungry in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan and many other countries in need.
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Teacher’s Facebook wish inspires donation
A holiday wish will bring joy to millions into the new year. Last month, teacher Maggie Hillman posted a message on Facebook wishing that hungry families would get the food they desperately need.
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Ukraine: food shortages take their toll
My latest Huffington Post column was on the emergency food needs in the the war-torn Ukraine. Now comes further evidence of how hunger is escalating there.
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WFP’s ray of hope in Palestine
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is a life-saver to the hungry in Palestine. One of their newer relief programs is yielding some great results.
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Author William Lambers 