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"Last year was the deadliest year for humanitarians on record," writes Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the WFP.
A program that helps combat hunger around the world is this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Marjorie Kulba • November 13, 2020 09:36 AM ...
The World Food Program says it’s planning to nearly quadruple the number of people that the U.N. agency helps in four central American countries affected by drought, seen as one of the drivers ...
U.N. World Food Program director calls on billionaires to "step up" after Nobel Peace Prize win Beasley said he found out about the award from a WFP media officer who'd just been informed by the AP.
Half a million refugees and the most vulnerable Cameroonians risk being cut off from humanitarian food assistance in the coming weeks as resources reach critically low levels, the United Nations World ...
Syria faces a potential food crisis after the worst drought in 36 years slashed wheat production by around 40%, squeezing the ...
The World Food Programme is the world’s leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger and promoting food security. Founded in 1961, the UN branch aided 97 million people around the world in ...
The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 for its efforts to combat hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, recognition that shines light on vulnerable communities ...
The World Food Programme assisted 97 million people in 88 counties in 2019 alone. Beasley said he hopes that winning the prize will draw attention to the dire nature of global food insecurities ...
David Beasley, the executive director of the United Nations World Food Program and a former governor of South Carolina, said in an interview with CBS News that members of both parties in the U.S ...
The World Food Programme, which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, delivered food to 97 million people last year. The United Nations agency, created as an experiment in 1961 after a request ...