The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation of US $ 684,000 from France. The funds will be used to help feed Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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Drought is a new enemy for Syria
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned today of drought taking hold on war-torn Syria. A special report released by WFP shows how the drought will make the hunger crisis in Syria even worse.
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William Lambers: Preventing famine in conflict regions
These three nations have been struck by war and inevitable humanitarian crisis. “We must not wait until pictures of skeletal, severely underweight, children document our failure and neglect,” Ertharin Cousin, director of the United Nations World Food Program, warns.
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William Lambers: How to avoid famine in wartime
We need to do the same this year in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic. These three nations have been struck by war and humanitarian crisis. The director of the U.N. World Food Program, Ertharin Cousin, warns, “We must not wait until pictures of skeletal, severely underweight, children document our failure and neglect.”
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We can prevent famine in war-affected nations
It was Herbert Hoover who said in 1946, “The inevitable aftermath of war is famine.” That spring Hoover led a U.S. effort to avert mass starvation in Europe and Asia following World War II.
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UAE donates to hunger relief in Syria
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation of US $31 million from the United Arab Emirates. The donation will be used for hunger relief in Syria. WFP is trying to feed over four million people inside Syria amid the ongoing civil war.
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Syria crisis: small food packages save children
It’s a small package of food. But for a child it’s a life-saver. The food is called Plumpy’doz. There is another version called Nutributter. Both of these are being distributed in war-torn Syria.
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UNICEF desperately low on funds for Syrian war relief
UNICEF, the children’s relief agency, today confirmed it has only received 2 percent of the funding it needs this year to provide aid inside Syria. Three years of civil war has left five million children in need of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies.
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We Need to Act to Save Generation in Syria
The United States just announced The No Lost Generation initiative, to rally the world to save Syria‘s children. They have suffered through three years of the Civil War.
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Saving the Children of Syria, Saving Dreams
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo recently posted about 16-year-old Ahmed who is pursuing his own dreams in the sport. Ahmed, though, like so many other children, is a victim of the brutal civil war in Syria.
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