The United Nations, in a special report, today warned that 1.6 million people need urgent food aid in the Central African Republic. The country’s economy has been devastated by conflict.
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Switzerland donating milk to fight hunger in Sudan
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced donations from Switzerland to fight hunger in Sudan. The donations include dried skimmed milk to treat malnutrition in small children.
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New video, website highlight famine threat to Central African Republic
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), yesterday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the severe hunger crisis facing Central African Republic.
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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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UN leaders alarmed at hunger crisis in South Sudan
The leaders of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Refugee Agency (UNHCR) sounded the alarm yesterday on the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
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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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Hunger, displacement escalate in Africa from South Sudan conflict
The United Nations warned today of an alarming refugee crisis from the conflict in South Sudan. Almost one million people have been displaced. This includes over 250,000 refugees who have fled to neighboring countries and need food and other aid.
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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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