‘Without school lunches, these children would end up on the streets.'
Vegetables previously thrown away purely for their looks are being transformed into nutritious school meals in Kenya.
Over four months the World Food Programme (WFP) helped rescue more than 5 metric tons of green beans, snow peas, snap peas and broccoli — enough to feed 2,200 children for 75 school days.
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In February, nearly one third of the interviewed households was found to be severely food insecure.
The food security situation has worsened compared to January, when the positive effects of the harvest — increased labor opportunities and reduced food prices - were reflected on households’ food consumption and use of negative coping strategies.
Food supplies are being stockpiled in the Egyptian city of Al Arish and close to the Gaza border, to be dispatched as soon as border access is granted. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs unimpeded access, and safe passage for desperately needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza.
La evaluación encontró que a pesar de un contexto adverso y de una crisis económica agravada por huracanes y la pandemia del COVID-19, el BOOST ha implementado las actividades programadas y ha atendido a más personas beneficiarias que lo planificado.
The Emergency Dashboard provides a visual overview of the most relevant operational information related to WFP’s response in the emergency, including geographical, funding, and performance related information.
“It is alarming that we are losing 5.1 percent of our National GDP annually because of the consequences of child undernutrition on school performance, health and productivity,” said the Vice President of The Gambia, H.E. Dr Isatou Touray.
As WFP strives to deliver on our humanitarian mandate we face daily challenges due to the unrelenting fighting and insecurity in Yemen. And yet, our greatest challenge does not come from the guns, that are yet to fall silent in this conflict - instead, it is the obstructive and uncooperative role of some of the Houthi leaders in areas under their control.
Humanitarian workers in Yeme