Friends of WFP Enewsletter - August 2009

 

■ August 29 - University Million Meal Week Packaging     ■ September 12 - Greenwich Town Scavenger Hunt     ■ October 6 - Annual Awards Ceremony     ■ October 14-16 - World Food Prize ■ Kenya's rural drought hurts city dwellers     ■ Aid groups seek access to 150,000 in Yemen conflict     ■ Clinton, Congo President Discuss Security in Country's Eastern Kivu Region     ■ US Agriculture Secretary Promotes Food Initiative in Kenya  "I am happy to see my little girl growing healthy, thanks to all the help that we have received. She is always smiling and very active." Funding shortfalls may result in decreased assistance for thousands of young children and pregnant and nursing mothers. Maricruz Ramos, Guatemala Mother-and-Child Health and Nutrition August 2009 WFP Faces "Unprecedented" $3 Billion Shortfall WFP announced that it may have to cut back some of its life-saving food assistance programs due to a severe funding shortage. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran spoke about the causes of the shortfall, the effects it could have on the world's poorest people and what can be done to remediate it. More »    U.S. Donation Saves U.N. Humanitarian Air Service in Chad Funding problems threatened to shut down the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service in Chad, which WFP operates to bring food and transport workers to remote areas. However, a recent donation from the United States government saved the service for at least one more month. More »   BloggerAid Creates Cookbook for Charity BloggerAid, an international network of food bloggers dedicated to ending global hunger, will release a charity cookbook this winter featuring recipes from contributors around the world. The proceeds will benefit WFP's school meals program. More »   Tell Your Representative to End Global Hunger The Roadmap to End Global Hunger and Promote Food Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2817) will give the U.S. government an effective, comprehensive means of addressing global hunger if Congress approves it. Here's how you can help. More »     WFP Faces Cuts in Bangladesh, Guatemala and More Hungry children and women may receive fewer meals – or none at all – due to an unprecedented shortfall in WFP's funding. More »   Clinton Visits WFP Countries on Africa Trip  During her tour of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited four struggling countries where WFP is making a difference -- Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Liberia. More »   Funding Shortfalls Threaten Survival for the World's Hungry Bangladesh, Chad, Guatemala and Yemen – what do all of these countries have in common? More »     In Good Company     ■ Adobe Foundation Supports UN Humanitarian Early Warning Service, WFP programs in India In Your Community     ■ Q&A with the WFP Committee of San Francisco     ■ Wailers Give a Repeat Performance for Ethiopia's Hungry       Q&A with Mihoko Tamamura, Representative and Country Director of the WFP India Office Over 20 percent of the world's hungry poor live in India.  WFP Country Director for India, Mihoko Tamamura, discusses how WFP reaches India's most vulnerable people, including children and pregnant women, and the challenges that WFP faces in doing so. More »     More than 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women. TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY AND EXCELLENCE Facebook    MySpace    Twitter   HOME | BLOG | UNSUBSCRIBE   1819 L St NW, 900 Washington DC 20036   T 202 530 1694 F 202 530 1698

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