The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Monday the number of Ethiopians needing food aid to survive had risen to 8.2 million. This is a rapid escalation in hunger since the beginning of the year, when around 2.5 million were needing food assistance.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said this week it’s started a distribution of food to 7,000 war victims in Eastern Ukraine. Teaming up with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the food will be given to hospital patients and students.
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The Cincinnati Bengals may have lost their first game Monday night, but the most important result was just announced Friday.
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Sandy Berger, the former national security advisor to President Bill Clinton, passed away today at age 70. Berger was suffering from cancer.
Yesterday, Berger had been presented by the World Food Program USA with its inaugural Global Humanitarian Award. Berger had been a leader in helping the organization advocate for world hunger relief.
Rick Leach, President and CEO of World Food Program USA, said yesterday, “We are honoring one of America’s most devoted and influential humanitarian champions. On behalf of WFP USA, Sandy has been our principal voice in advocating that the U.S. and the world respond effectively to the greatest humanitarian challenge of our generation.”
Berger had served as the Treasurer/Secretary of WFP USA’s Board of Directors and as a member of its Executive Committee and Public Policy Working Group. His work closely integrated national security and fighting world hunger. He believed that feeding the hungry should be a top national security priority.
In an article at Foreignpolicy.com earlier this year, Berger wrote, “the presence of hunger and homelessness in large numbers weakens the grip of central authority, creating open spaces and desperate people for Islamic extremists and other militants to exploit.”
He served most recently as a Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group. The World Food Program USA said today “Those who suffer from hunger, those in need around the world, directly benefited from the life of Sandy Berger. For much of his career, Sandy worked as a statesman dedicated to building peace.”
You can read the World Food Program USA’s full statement on Sandy Berger here.
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The new Hunger Games film, Mockingjay – Part 2, is inspiring food drives across the country. The film opens this week. Cinemas and schools are using the event to set up food collections to feed the hungry in their communities.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in a report released today, is warning of a hunger emergency because of a major El Niño event. The weather patterns of El Niño lead to warmer temperatures and drought.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP), in a report released today, says that food ration cuts quickly have a drastic impact on Syrian refugees. In September, WFP did an assessment on Syrian families in Jordan who were no longer receiving WFP assistance.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced an expansion in their school feeding project in Myanmar. Over 227,000 children will now be receiving food at school.
Along with the Ministry of Education, WFP will provide daily snacks of high-energy biscuits, which are vitamin enriched. The biscuits will be distributed in schools located in areas with high hunger rates.
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Two months after the earthquake in Nepal, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) says it’s transitioning from emergency relief to recovery projects. WFP has been leading hunger relief in Nepal, providing food to around two million.
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We are close to finalizing a deal preventing nuclear weapons in Iran. But let’s not stop with just this one agreement.
Let’s enter into what President Kennedy called a “peace race.” There are other steps needed to improve nuclear security in the Middle East and worldwide.
Read my full commentary at The Hill.
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Author William Lambers 