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Dec 29, 2022

Cash changing lives amid Somalia’s drought crisis

By Petroc Wilton from an interview conducted by Gabrielle Menezes “I was displaced from a place called Goho because of the devastating drought that killed all our animals,” says Halima Abdulle Samatar, a 50-year-old single mother of four. She smiles at her daughters, sitting around her near the small shop…

Somalia

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Cash changing lives amid Somalia’s drought crisis
Cash changing lives amid Somalia’s drought crisis
Somalia

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·Nov 12, 2022

WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa at COP27

By Courtney Bennett, Food Systems Process Manager With the launch of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as the Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt, world leaders, UN Agencies, and other key stakeholders, including community-based organisations, have begun to arrive in Sharm El-Sheikh. …

Cop

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WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa at COP27
WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa at COP27
Cop

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·Jul 20, 2022

Three ways WFP is practising environmentally conscious logistics

By Isaac Onyango Every day, the World Food Programme (WFP) works around the clock to save lives and change lives for a world without hunger. But we can’t end hunger without a healthy and sustainable planet. Right now, our Earth faces a triple planetary emergency: the climate is heating up too…

Logistics

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Three ways WFP is practising environmentally conscious logistics
Three ways WFP is practising environmentally conscious logistics
Logistics

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·Jul 10, 2022

Sudan: WFP responds to a changing climate

WFP is prepositioning 73,000 tons of food items ahead of the approaching rainy season — By Leni Kinzli and Rayyan Elbashier Awatif and her family live in a temporary camp in the town of Al Fao in Gedaref State in eastern Sudan. …

Sudan

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Sudan: WFP responds to a changing climate
Sudan: WFP responds to a changing climate
Sudan

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Jun 30, 2022

Battling hunger in Zimbabwean cities

Urban dwellers dependent on the cash economy Tatenda Macheka Nyarai Mugarisi , a 43-year-old mother-of-four, reflects on price increases in recent months. She lives in Chiredzi, a small town in Masvingo province. …

Wfp

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Battling hunger in Zimbabwean cities
Battling hunger in Zimbabwean cities
Wfp

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Jun 24, 2022

Republic of Congo: Central African refugees and host populations work hand-in-hand to feed the community

A market gardening project supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) is empowering refugees and vulnerable people in the Republic of Congo. Cécile Mercier The Republic of Congo has been welcoming Central African refugees since late 2013, when waves of conflict, violence, and destruction began to affect its northern neighbour…

Congo

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Republic of Congo: Central African refugees and host populations work hand-in-hand to feed the…
Republic of Congo: Central African refugees and host populations work hand-in-hand to feed the…
Congo

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·Jun 23, 2022

Sudan: Affordable solutions reduce food losses and increase income

“I can now store food for longer and sell any surplus at the local market when prices are high.” — By Pratibedan Baidya Mohamed is one of over 10,000 farmers in the food insecure Darfur region of western Sudan who are benefiting from the World Food Programme’s (WFP) initiatives to reduce post-harvest losses. It is estimated that over 30 percent of food — the equivalent of about US$4 billion —…

Sudan

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Sudan: Affordable solutions reduce food losses and increase income
Sudan: Affordable solutions reduce food losses and increase income
Sudan

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·May 30, 2022

Cash offers greater choice for refugees in Rwanda

“I miss my home, but I do not feel that it is safe enough to go back. Peace, food and security are my main priorities.” — By JohnPaul Sesonga Joselyne and her six children fled their home in the village of Kirundo in north-east Burundi when violence broke out following elections in 2015. Today, she is one of 38,000 Burundian refugees living in Mahama Camp in south-east Rwanda. “I heard shooting and people screaming,” says Joselyne…

Rwanda

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Cash offers greater choice for refugees in Rwanda
Cash offers greater choice for refugees in Rwanda
Rwanda

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Published in World Food Programme Insight

·Mar 31, 2022

Kenya: School meals are more important than ever

In the face of a severe drought, it’s the only daily meal for many children — By Martin Karimi Asna wants to become a doctor so that she can save people’s lives. The 14-year-old is a student at Kilimani primary school in Isiolo in northern Kenya where the mainly pastoralist communities are suffering from the impact of a severe drought. Isiolo is one of the worst…

School Meals

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Kenya: School meals are more important than ever
Kenya: School meals are more important than ever
School Meals

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Mar 24, 2022

Surviving drought after drought in southern Madagascar

A story of endurance Volana Rarivosan Bekily is one of four districts in the Androy region, located in southeastern Madagascar. Agriculture and livestock are the main economic activities practiced by most of its population. …

Madagascar

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Surviving drought after drought in southern Madagascar
Surviving drought after drought in southern Madagascar
Madagascar

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