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September 02, 2010
The people of Pakistan need the support and compassion of the world community
September 01, 2010
When the small farmer prospers, communities, children and others do as well. Yummy fruits and vegetables do more than just taste good.
August 30, 2010
The issue of nuclear weapons reduction is not unrelated to other global issues, such as hunger and poverty. No issue is an island
August 29, 2010
Infant nutrition, coupled with school feeding, is a powerful combination for ending world hunger
August 27, 2010
Even a recent US donation of 13 million in food aid leaves many of the UN World Food Programme's operations in Yemen well short of funding
August 25, 2010
Funding though is a significant hurdle for sustaining the program. Charles Njeru of WFP Kenya says that in the next 12 months WFP will need 14 million dollars to continue to provide school feeding for the 720,500 children currently taking part.
August 22, 2010
These same tactics used by the duck are desperately needed in the struggle to end global hunger.
August 21, 2010
Here is the latest from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on relief operations for flood-ravaged Pakistan
August 17, 2010
The message for Congress and the President: Be like Ike. Let's make school feeding and nutrition a top priority at home and abroad, and make history
August 17, 2010
Susannah Masur, a communications officer for Action Against Hunger, recently took time to discuss her agency's role in fighting hunger in the DRC.
August 17, 2010
It's not so much a question of whether school meals can be provided to children. It's more a question of is there the will and leadership to do so. That is where the United States has to demonstrate its great power at home and abroad by ensuring no child goes hungry.
August 17, 2010
The crisis facing Pakistan is a huge challenge for the international community. First is the emergency response to save lives and then follows a reconstruction that will need food as the foundation. This food can also provide hope for Pakistanis and offer the best chance for peace in their conflict-torn and impoverished country.
August 12, 2010
An Update on Save the Children's food relief mission in the Swat Valley of Pakistan
August 08, 2010
There is another withdrawal already under way in Iraq: humanitarian aid
August 06, 2010
The 2010 Walk for Hunger will provide life-sustaining food for the people of Haiti, who have suffered greatly due to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince in January. The people of Haiti continue to face a daily struggle, but they have not lost hope. Your help will remind them that they are not forgotten.
August 06, 2010
A 9- member team of Save the Children staff walked for two days and covered over 50 kilometers to reach Kalam
August 06, 2010
More spending looks to be on the way, and arms control pacts like the new START and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty appear to be in great jeopardy.
August 03, 2010
Cast your vote in favor or opposition to the new START Treaty in the live poll at Newsvine
August 01, 2010
Josette Sheeran, director of the World Food Programme (WFP), just visited the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). She heard first-hand the stories of attacks on civilians, and children being recruited to fight.
July 30, 2010
Stoltz, a student at Ithaca College, writes, "We can´t afford to continue to lose generations of children to preventable causes – it is time to change the world one tiny belly at a time."
July 30, 2010
Kayla Auletto of the World Food Program USA recently provided an update on President Obama's Feed the Future initiative, a plan to increase agricultural production in developing countries. This program will be run out of the State Department.
Auletto writes,
"Patricia Haslac...
July 28, 2010
The Senate should back this resolution with food, the foundation of all hopes for peace and stability in Yemen
July 27, 2010
Al Qaeda, war, hunger and poverty. Can you imagine all of these threats converging on a nation at the same time? This is exactly what is happening to Yemen in the Middle East.
July 27, 2010
But desperate times do not mean that hope and ideas have to wait. They were needed more than ever to help chart the course. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union, talked about the Four Freedoms. The third of these was Freedom from Want.
July 22, 2010
The heavy burden of armaments is simply not a prescription for lasting peace, not with so many people today who struggle to find the basic necessities to survive. This is why the global zero movement to rid the world of nuclear weapons is of such great importance.
July 22, 2010
The Providence-based company Edesia produces life-saving foods for children like plumpy'nut and supplementary plumpy. With the global hunger crisis raging, this non-profit organization wants nothing more than to be producing food at record rates. So why aren...
July 25, 2010
The funding shortage will also decimate the WFP operation for the most vulnerable of the population across Yemen.
July 25, 2010
If every corporation in the United States followed Edesia's lead and made a donation to buy some plumpy'nut, millions of children's lives would be saved. This would mark a tremendous achievement in America's food for peace tradition.
July 25, 2010
It was 50 years ago today that President Eisenhower made public a report on what he called a "chief weapon."
July 21, 2010
Action Against Hunger is among a coalition of charities calling for a "Surge" to meet the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of Africa. In Niger and Chad there are millions of people suffering from hunger.
In these countries drought has devastated food producti...
July 18, 2010
A new fund, Hunger Relief for Yemen, has been set up at the World Food Program USA site. There you can donate to help the victims of the conflict and restore other vital food assistance.
July 16, 2010
There is no doubt that Food and Education for all children in Yemen could bring about amazing change. This is one area where WFP, the government of Yemen and international partners could really work together.
July 14, 2010
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) just issued a press release on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. WFP is facing major funding shortages as it tries to help victims displaced by the conflict in northern Yemen. These shortages exist despite the fact that Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Russia have all m...
July 13, 2010
This step-by-step progress toward nuclear disarmament needs to go forward, and the CTBT is an essential part
July 11, 2010
There is one way to take a direct action against global hunger and it only takes about 2 minutes of your time.
July 10, 2010
We can now get our foreign policy priorities in order. A resolution calls for more nuclear disarmament steps, which is especially critical with the threat of terrorist theft of these weapons.
July 08, 2010
Today, we have to ask ourselves is everything being done to help the estimated 600,000 street children in Afghanistan
July 02, 2010
will be able to return to their homes and resume their lives. However, what will be there when they get back? Communities don't just bounce back overnight from the chaos and destruction of an armed conflict, especially ones that were struggling in poverty
June 16, 2010
There are many positive aspects inherent in forensic science, of course. Each case is a puzzle, with many small pieces that must be put together in order to arrive at an eventual conclusion. I have always loved a mystery, and forensic science is certainly filled with intrigue!
May 21, 2010
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry,a Republican from Nebraska,is supporting a resolution which calls for furthering nuclear disarmament and diverting savings toward fighting global hunger.
May 18, 2010
Ella Brown started an internship at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) office in Washington DC during January. Almost as as soon as her new job got started the massive earthquake struck in Haiti.
The most complex operation WFP has ever undertaken started to deliver li...
May 02, 2010
You cannot build a foundation for peace and stability in a country with such suffering. As President Harry Truman said in 1946, "A sound world order can never be built upon a foundation of human misery."
April 25, 2010
Yemen is an extremely poor country and tragically, hunger affects millions of people throughout the country
April 21, 2010
Do you have a blog, a web site, a Facebook or Twitter account? Then you can do something to help children in Yemen who have not received a UN school feeding distribution since last June.You can help Yemenis, displaced by conflict in the northern part of the country, who are now having their rations cut while living in camps. Here are some ideas below.
April 16, 2010
These are just a few of many countries whose school feeding is not receiving enough support. Yet, the school feeding is integral to ending world hunger and lifting children and their families out of poverty.
April 07, 2010
Tragically, school feeding is not being utilized enough as part of the Obama administration's foreign policy.This needs to be rectified quickly. There are so many countries where school feeding can make a difference, some of these nations being high on the U.S. list of national security interests.
April 01, 2010
The United Nations World Food Programme has started Bloggers Against Hunger which encourages anyone who has a blog or web site to take part. Using the power of words and modern media, you can be a reporter and a food ambassador all in one.
April 01, 2010
President Obama's global hunger envoy, assuming this position is filled soon, should work to ensure that child feeding programs in Iraq and other countries are able to go forward. President Obama and the Congress have not emphasized child feeding enough as part of U.S. foreign policy.
March 24, 2010
7.2 million Yemenis are in a total poverty trap. Poverty, food insecurity, maternal malnutrition, limited education, high gender disparities, rapid population growth, and insufficient access to safe water and to land are leaving too many Yemeni families on their knees and further perpetuating the cycle of malnutrition
March 21, 2010
It's important to remember how crucial child feeding programs are for reconstruction of a society. Many countries around the globe, like Japan in 1946, are recovering from conflict or natural disasters.
March 19, 2010
An entire community can become involved in a school feeding project. This means jobs and income for residents. The local economies can be stimulated. This local food production also saves on shipping costs that would be incurred through bringing in food from far-away locations.
March 17, 2010
This history serves as a reminder that American foreign policy is at its best when children's health is a top priority. Today, across the globe children are not getting the help they need. The U.S. has to lead the international community in addressing this escalating crisis.
March 11, 2010
The U.S. sent 150 million in military aid to Yemen recently so it can resist Al Qaeda and extremists. But while that´s happening, Yemenis displaced by a conflict in the North and living in camps are having their food rations cut. This is the result of low funding from the international community for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). These rations will go to zero eventually if new funding is not found.
March 07, 2010
This is a struggle not unique to Bradstreet´s time. As International Women's Day arrives, there are women all across the globe who are being deprived of education and opportunities. This may be because of the poverty they live in, but it can also be due to deep-rooted societal beliefs.
March 06, 2010
The school feeding programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was introduced as a safety net in order to protect the livelihoods of the most vulnerable non-refugee households.
February 24, 2010
If everyone contacts their representative we can change the course in Yemen.
February 21, 2010
What can someone reading this article do to help Yemen? Contact the leaders of your country. Tell them about the hunger crisis in Yemen and call for solutions. Let them know how important fighting hunger is for building peace.
February 19, 2010
There are enough resources to end hunger both at home and abroad. Never settle for anything less.
February 01, 2010
Today, it is bloggers who are the most important form of media for maintaining a consistent flow of information about hunger in Haiti and around the globe. Worldwide there are over 1 billion people suffering from hunger. We are in the midst of a global hunger crisis.
January 16, 2010
Save the Children staff in Haiti gave emergency medical attention to a baby girl pulled from the rubble Friday afternoon, nearly three days after an earthquake flattened much of Port-au-Prince.
January 13, 2010
Abby Ravera works for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome. She sent out a letter today asking for bloggers to help with earthquake relief for Haiti. WFP recently started a Bloggers against Hunger campaign.
December 12, 2009
in developing countries smaller farmers need help to get their own operation off the ground and producing more food.
December 12, 2009
The real news is not that people are hungry - but rather that they don't have to be. We can end hunger in our lifetimes. It would be great if the Obama Administration could make steps in that direction to restore people's hope in big goals like this.
November 13, 2009
School feeding is a silent, but very critical aspect of reconstruction for any country.
November 12, 2009
We are trying to put global hunger on the top of the administration's agenda
October 30, 2009
How can we expect children who are reduced almost to an animal life level of existence - who struggle each day for any kind of food that will keep them alive - how can we expect them in the future to be apostles of peace?
October 30, 2009
Representatives Sam Farr and Chaka Fattah are the latest members of Congress to co-sponsor the Global Security Priorities Resolution (H.Res 278). The idea is to reduce the number of nuclear weapons around the globe and divert savings toward fighting child hunger.
October 29, 2009
The U.S. needs to take the lead in building a global school lunch program. Providing more funding for McGovern-Dole is a first step and then using that platform to reach out to more governments to coordinate the global effort. If Congress would pass the Roadmap to End Global Hunger
October 24, 2009
As Rep. Jim McGovern says, "we are trying to put global hunger on the top of the administration´s agenda."
October 15, 2009
The Roadmap bill would move the fight against hunger to the top of the Obama administration's agenda.
October 05, 2009
This is a tragedy – not just for WFP – but for the whole humanitarian community and for the hungry.
October 05, 2009
Much can be learned from this episode in history and applied to today's struggles in countries like Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq. Food is absolutely critical for peace and reconstruction.
October 04, 2009
We know how to end hunger but yet for some reason the resolve from political leaders is not strong enough.
September 22, 2009
Unfortunately, because of the phasing out of Title II programs in India, many feeding programs in India (both general ones and ones associated with schools) are coming to an end.
September 20, 2009
We believe that this vision of invigorated US global leadership on hunger is vital not only for moral and humanitarian reasons, but for social, economic and political security in the longer term.
September 19, 2009
Now that we have a bill, it's important to try to get bipartisan support by first getting more cosponsors and then getting votes as the legislation moves within Congress
September 19, 2009
WFP has even been forced to cut back rations in some countries because funding is simply running out. The UN food agency is short 3 billion dollars to meet current food emergencies.
August 30, 2009
The World Food Programme is having to cut back programs like school feeding due to funding shortfalls totaling at least $3 billion.
July 09, 2009
The book, 'Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World', features over 50 interviews with officials from the United Nations World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision, the Barefoot Foundation and ChildsLife International.
July 06, 2009
A new children's story highlights the importance of school feeding to fight hunger in the country of Nepal and around the globe.
July 06, 2009
In rural areas, boarding schools are limited and it is common for children to have to walk from one to two hours to get to school. This also means that many children sit in class hungry since most of them do not eat before leaving home, regardless of whether they attend the morning or afternoon shifts.
July 06, 2009
ChildsLife and other charities have to remain resilient. They understand the difficulties children face in such a harsh world and they are committed to helping them gain a better life.
June 22, 2009
Invoking the same spirit that fueled the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, author and historian William Lambers calls for a global school lunch program to fight child hunger
June 21, 2009
A new children's story highlights the importance of school feeding to fight hunger in the country of Nepal and around the globe.
June 21, 2009
But ChildsLife and other charities have to remain resilient. They understand the difficulties children face in such a harsh world and they are committed to helping them gain a better life.
June 01, 2009
History can provide insight into solving today's new nuclear threats.
May 25, 2009
School feeding plays a critical role not only by contributing to education of school children but also helps to mitigate the situation of food insecure families at rural areas.
May 25, 2009
WFP Ghana´s school feeding program has a three-pronged impact on national development: improving school enrolment and attendance, providing children with much needed micro-nutrients, and providing farmers with local markets through the local procurement of required food items.
May 25, 2009
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with one out of three children under five years old suffering from chronic malnutrition. Natural disasters like drought and flooding have all had a major impact on Honduras in recent years. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is em...
May 25, 2009
During the past two years, food support has had a remarkable effect. At assisted schools, WFP food support has increased enrollment by 40 percent, stabilized attendance and, most importantly, virtually eliminated school drop-outs.
May 25, 2009
Open Skies can be one of many diplomatic tools that can help rejuvenate the peace process on the Korean peninsula.
May 06, 2009
The School Feeding Program has been successful in attracting and retaining more children at school; it has also greatly contributed to increasing the children´s attention span and their learning potential.
May 07, 2009
Rwanda is on the long road to recovery from the 1994 genocide that devastated the African nation. Hunger and poverty still grip the country. The way out of this vicious cycle is food and education. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is helping provide school meals to fight child hunger an...
May 07, 2009
The current school feeding year of 2008-2009 is already part of the expansion phase in the West Bank. A first, small pilot was introduced in early 2007, and expanded in November 2007. However, considering the huge number of school children in the occupied Palestinian territory, there is much space for a further expansion of the program.
May 07, 2009
The goal is to assure that no child will go hungry anywhere on the planet. This is a key step toward eliminating hunger and building a future for impoverished nations. Through governmental and private sector funding universal feeding programs could be put in place for children in all countries. This would be the great Food for Peace initiative of our time.
May 06, 2009
Because of poverty, only 48% of children go to school, and the situation is worse for girls. Much more remains to be done – especially for girls. In addition, the United Nations Millennium Project recommended that school feeding be expanded to reach all children in hunger hotspots using locally produced foods.
May 06, 2009
The meals have a very positive effect on the children. First of all, the attendance rate of the children in schools where school feeding is provided is consistently high, almost 98 percent on average. Just after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the enrollment rates for primary education dropped from 100 percent to about 70 percent in the country.
May 06, 2009
Also, because drought is a chronic problem in the south of Madagascar, meals provided through school feeding programs provide a critical source of nutrition, and ensure the continuity of school attendance. In other words, we can help keep pupils in school during these crises.
April 26, 2009
"In Somalia, lack of food and education aggravate the lawlessness; ironically, it is the Somali refugee camps –- with their school feeding programs –- that offer young Somalis the best chance to make a future for themselves and for their beleaguered country."
April 26, 2009
Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.
April 26, 2009
Approximately 40,000 children were affected by the closure of school canteens in 242 schools in 2007/2008.
April 24, 2009
Open Skies can be one of many diplomatic tools that can help rejuvenate the peace process on the Korean peninsula.
April 22, 2009
One thing RED! does that is special is take readers boldly into the heart of prison, jail, re-entry, recovery, and transformation issues unlike any other publication in existence, but we're geared to profile the occasions and areas in which real positive and healthy productivity and change occur in these individuals' lives. This is what most people don't normally get from TV or newspapers.
April 22, 2009
The more we want to improve the lives of XP families, advance the XP research projects and enhance the programs for XP people through Camp Sundown, the more money is needed to accomplish the tasks. We are very blessed to have a lot of volunteer labor for camp as well as donations of toys and meals. But there are expenses we do have to pay out. We can always use help in this department!
April 22, 2009
There are a million ways to get involved with CORD. It might seem easy to say send a donation, but honestly the foundation, and anyone who would want to get involved, will get more out of the experience if they give their time.
April 18, 2009
WFP has lined up workshops and other activities for stakeholders in Ethiopia, advocating for a school meal for every Ethiopian child attending school.
April 18, 2009
The children we assist in our School Feeding Programs are boys and girls whose families have been forced to abandon their homes due to violence, and other children in vulnerable conditions.
April 02, 2009
A nuclear-free world must not remain a distant hope but rather a goal vigorously pursued in a spirit of unprecedented international cooperation.
March 31, 2009
Unfortunately, insufficient resources prevent school feeding programs from providing for every child in need. In a time when a primary education is the minimum requirement for employment and a successful career in agriculture, a program that gives children incentive to attend and remain in school is critically important.
March 31, 2009
Without school meals, many children might lose their opportunity to get a good education and become productive citizens in the future.
March 27, 2009
One of the program's greatest successes has been the increase in the number of girls attending school. In 2007, more than 23,000 girls were attending schools participating in World Vision Afghanistan's Food for Education program - the highest number of girls attending school in Badghis and Ghor in the past 20 years.
March 25, 2009
Refugee children, like children in developed countries, have dreams they want to achieve in life. However, they must first rise from their difficult circumstances in order to achieve them.
March 25, 2009
School feeding ensures that poor children receive at least one balanced meal a day. This may result in less food for a student at home, but will give a hungry family member the chance to eat, such as a younger sibling too young to attend school.
March 25, 2009
Unlike most of WFP´s other activities, school feeding is a long-term project that should continue indefinitely through handover to the national government. In a country like Sudan, which has suffered decades of conflict, a national takeover will take time. Therefore, continued financial support is necessary to ensure program sustainability.
March 23, 2009
In February, 2.2 million beneficiaries in Darfur received 23,600 mt of WFP food rations.
March 18, 2009
ChildsLife partners with the United Nations World Food Programme to provide meals to the children attending Stara. With so many children living in poverty in Kibera, ChildsLife would like to see school meal programs expanded to reach more of those in need. Without food and education these children have no chance to reverse the cycle of poverty.
March 18, 2009
It is essential to recognize the importance of school meal programs in countries recovering from conflict or other disasters. Catholic Relief Services has demonstrated how important this is over the years, beginning with post-WWII Europe and more recently in Bosnia and other countries where the charity is active.
March 19, 2009
The future of any nation depends on the education of its children. Hungry children cannot perform well in their schoolwork and therefore food is key to their overall success. Parents depend heavily on school feeding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide daily meals for their children; and the program is making such a huge difference in the lives of both the children and their families
March 15, 2009
School feeding helps children to come to school and concentrate and learn. School feeding can help parents think twice before taking children out of school and having them work at home or in the field. It supports access to education. In the conflict-affected areas in Central African Republic, emergency school feeding in "bush schools" ensures that children's schooling is not interrupted due to displacement and insecurity.
March 15, 2009
School feeding is a powerful tool for communicating important messages to children and parents. For example, WFP, together with partner agencies, supports HIV/AIDS clubs where school children learn about HIV/AIDS, hygiene, and sanitation.
March 15, 2009
The WFP School Feeding Program in Côte d'Ivoire complements the national school feeding program, which aims at progressively taking over WFP assistance with its own resources.
March 15, 2009
A 22 pound ration of rice can be all a family needs to make it possible for its children to attend school. Therefore, it is very important to support education through school feeding and food for education programs in order to achieve a better livelihood in the future.
March 15, 2009
The WFP School Feeding Program currently targets primary schools in only five rural regions in central Chad, though hundreds of street children continue to hopelessly visit garbage dumps in urban areas with no opportunity to attend school. In this regard, additional support will allow WFP to extend its current program and reach more children.
March 15, 2009
School feeding is important because it addresses social equality. The program protects kids who would otherwise be left with no opportunity. Donations fund an act of generosity and respect for children.
March 15, 2009
The cost of a single meal for a child in Benin is only US 17 cents. For the cost of an evening at the movies, you can feed one child for an entire year!
March 15, 2009
School feeding programs are playing a vital role in ensuring that children get an education.
March 15, 2009
The World Food Programme (WFP) assists the Royal Government of Bhutan in its school feeding activities by providing two meals per day to 41,000 children studying in rural, remote boarding and selected day schools.
March 15, 2009
School feeding, is very important especially in areas where the illiteracy rate is very high as in the northern part of Cameroon. If basic education is not supported, in the long run all illiteracy will become a heavy burden for development. The development, political stability, peace, health and security of any nation is closely linked to education.
March 14, 2009
One of the report's recommendations called for "Food for education among the poorest areas," which would institute school lunches and take home rations for the most vulnerable Iraqi children.
March 14, 2009
In emergency situations school feeding support goes directly to children and ensures that generations do not miss out on an education because of a crisis.
Therefore, a consistent flow of funding is required to continue feeding the poor primary schoolchildren in Bangladesh
March 13, 2009
Founded by the singer Shakira Mebarak the Barefoot Foundation supports schools in Colombia that are giving children a chance to escape poverty.
March 12, 2009
People can write to President Obama and their representatives urging the passage of the Global Food Security Act. This legislation would create the White House level advisor on world hunger issues.
March 11, 2009
We estimate that nearly 2 million children go to school hungry in Nepal each day. Nepal's children have some of the worst nutrition statistics in the world. One in two children are stunted and 39 percent are underweight. Acute malnutrition rates are now rising and are as high as 20 percent in the districts bordering India.
March 11, 2009
The results so far have encouraged WFP to expand the school feeding programme to other food insecure areas of Indonesia, most notably in the eastern parts where the country's most vulnerable populations are found (West Timor, Lombok, Madura). The cost to feed one child for a year remains minimal at US$23.75, so any donation goes a long way.
March 10, 2009
Citizens should contact their representatives urging support for the Global Food Security Act, which would create Obama's "global hunger czar" position.
March 11, 2009
The Government of Malawi (GoM) and WFP Malawi are working together to expand the school feeding programme across all the districts. WFP is currently in the process of discussing with our government counterparts how to support the government of Malawi in this initiative.
March 11, 2009
The short film "Ending Child Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World" is a call to action to end the hunger that afflicts over 300 million children worldwide. The United States, building upon its tradition of fighting hunger, can lead the international community in making sure every child can receive a school lunch.
March 09, 2009
By providing an incentive to parents to take their children out of the formal and informal labor markets, deserving children are given a chance to have a better future - one free from hunger.
ChildsLife International Provides School Meals in Kenya: Charity Hopes To Gain McGovern-Dole Funding
March 10, 2009
ChildsLife has been struggling to uphold current program commitments, and the much required expansion of the feeding programs in Kenya has been put on hold until funds are secured.