After more than 10 years, Freerice is growing up! That’s because the World Food Programme’s popular philanthropic trivia game is more than just a fun platform for testing your knowledge and earning rice grains.
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, and helps families across the world to access life-saving food and humanitarian assistance. However, most of this food needs to be cooked.
At 206 kg per person per year, the country’s per capita rice consumption is among the highest in the world (United States Department of Agriculture 2020) and rice is therefore an appropriate vehicle for food fortification to reduce the incidence of MNDs. WFP is currently conducting acceptability studies for fortified rice in government social protection programmes.
Over the years, Pakistan has become a food surplus country and a major producer of wheat which it distributes to needy populations through various mechanisms, including the World Food Programme (WFP).
The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger is a global hub for knowledge exchange, capacity development and technical assistance to assist countries achieve zero hunger while it supports national ownership of programmes that guarantee sustainability of actions.
By Hetze Tosta
A fishing ban that came into force at the beginning of March — and is set to last until July — is exacerbating the already challenging situation faced by families in La Moskitia, a region on the eastern tip Honduras's Mosquito Coast.
Already in the throes of a conflict that started nearly 10 years ago, Libya has been hit hard by the recent intensification of fighting and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic — including restrictions imposed to stem its impact.
MALISH JAMES — Bidibidi, Uganda
"I miss working, I miss our fertile land, I miss my young brother and my sister. I haven't seen them since the day I left."
My escape
I became a refugee on the 6th of August 2016.
I was in Juba when the second wave of fighting between the governmental and opposition forces broke up. During those days of war, life was so hard.