Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 🇺🇳🌾🍛 The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards #ZeroHunger.
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Help @ShareTheMealorg raise 1 million meals to support families in the Democratic Republic of Congo! 💛
Food supplies, cash transfers and cooking sessions are helping families get the nutrition they need. 👇
🥬💚Nutritious and safe food is as important as the air we breathe and the water we drink.
Today follow the hashtag 👉 #UNFSS2021 or checkout @foodsystems to learn more about how protecting land health helps support global food security.
📸@IFAD / R. Ramasomana
Replying to @WFPChief: #YemenCrisis: 9M people in #Yemen receive only half rations now. But on February 1st, because of the lack of funds, @WFP will…
Since Rashid recieved his new bee hives from @WFP_Africa his life has been sweeter. 👨🏿🌾🍯
WFP is distributing over 1700 hives in 📍 #Kenya to help:
🐝Strengthen smallholder businesses
🐝Diversify incomes
🐝Address nutritional needs
🐝Cushion livehoods against climate shocks
In #Madagascar, WFP supports the treatment of Moderate Acute #Malnutrition for 43,000 children under five years of age in 4 districts among the most affected through:
🥜 supplementary feeding
👩🏫nutrition counselling
👨🍳cooking demonstrations for caretakers
#YemenCrisis: 9M people in #Yemen receive only half rations now. But on February 1st, because of the lack of funds, @WFP will be forced to cut rations to 25%.
We must come together to help this shattered nation rebuild itself—and that starts with averting a catastrophic famine.
Replying to @WFP_Media: 📰"WFP has moved from delivering almost zero food assistance in cash in the early 2000s to a point where close to 40% of its…
"It could not be more simple: increased cash payments will empower families struggling to feed their children, and restore their dignity, something that everyone deserves." 👨🍳 @ArthurPottsD
Food for thought in this @guardian opinion piece from one of our chef advocates 👏👇
Some positive news from #Burundi, where preliminary results of the November 2020 SMART nutritional survey revealed that chronic malnutrition has decreased by 4%.
WFP remains committed to working with partners and the government to end malnutrition and stunting. #ZeroHunger 💪🥘
This week we honor the life, courage and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What positive action will you take today? 🤎🕊️ #MLKDay2021
📰"WFP has moved from delivering almost zero food assistance in cash in the early 2000s to a point where close to 40% of its aid is distributed as cash or vouchers"
@ArthurPottsD via @guardian 👇🏿
Watch WFP Goodwill Ambassador Kate Hudson's conversation with WFP's @AbeerEtefa.
🎥📺 Full conversation:
Elaf talks about her life caught up in the #YemenCrisis.
@WFPYemen is helping her family keep food on the table.
But only peace can give Elaf a chance to the future that she deserves. 🕊️ #FeedingPeace
Together, @WFPDRC and @FAODRCongo are building resilience in Congo #DRC thanks to funding from Germany🇩🇪.
👨🌾 Supporting 300,000 smallholder farmers
🛠️Wrench providing technical & legal assistance to farmer cooperatives
📒 training 5,000 women in literacy & business skills
This is a farmer's market in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where local farmers sell fresh produce to #Rohingya refugees. 🥒🥬🍐
The customers live in the biggest refugee camp in the world.
📽️Poppy Barua has a stall here. Watch her full story:
#Madagascar has the 2nd highest rate of child malnutrition in the east-southern Africa region. In the most badly affected areas, 10% of children are acutely malnourished🧒🧒
The crisis is happening NOW. Every donation counts 👉
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Colourful fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and antioxidants that help the body work well. A colourful plate can protect you from getting sick and help you fight off illness. #HelathyAtHome
"It could not be more simple: increased cash payments will empower families struggling to feed their children, and restore their dignity, something that everyone deserves."
Food for thought in this great @guardian opinion piece from WFP Chef Advocate @ArthurPottsD. 👏👇
The FTO designation will rachet up the humanitarian crisis in #Yemen to a terrifying level. It will mean: No food. No medicines. No fuel. No end in sight.
Make no mistake, history will judge us harshly if we allow these innocent children to die on our watch.
#COVID19 showed us that we are all connected.
In this episode of @bbcfoodprog, @mfjhollingworth talks about WFP's life-saving work in conflict areas & the shared responsibility to eliminate world hunger.
🎙️ Full episode:
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