Farmers in developing countries are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change. When drought or other climate shocks hit, it can set off a domino effect of tragedy for farmers and their communities. But a new program gives them insurance, protection against disasters.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) took part in a house-to-house Ebola sensitization campaign this week in Sierra Leone.
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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is feeding the hungry in war-torn Iraq. Around 1.8 million people have been displaced by the attacks from the terrorist army ISIL.
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To escape the terrorist army ISIL, more Iraqis are fleeing to neighboring countries Jordan and Turkey.
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UNICEF sent out a warning today that “tens of thousands of children under the age of five remain at risk of malnutrition-related death in South Sudan.” The war in South Sudan, between the government and opposition groups, has destroyed food supplies and internally displaced 1.4 million people.
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More than one million Iraqis are receiving aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). These starving war victims have been displaced from their homes by the terrorist army ISIL, who has launched attacks throughout Iraq.
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Here is a story of hope amid the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Civilians had fled to Korma in North Darfur to escape attacks by an armed group. They took refuge near a United Nations peacekeeping base.
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It was on September 22nd, 1960 when President Dwight Eisenhower addressed the United Nations General Assembly. In his speech he talked about world hunger.
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On Sunday, the world’s lead food ambassador, Ertharin Cousin, arrives in New York for the UN General Assembly meetings. She brings an urgent message: Millions of people are on the brink of starvation because of wars in the Middle East and Africa.
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Last week President Obama put forth his strategy for defeating the terrorist army ISIL. Feeding the starving civilians in both Iraq and Syria is a vital component of this plan.
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Author William Lambers 