6 October, 08:30 - ‘We can’t start without coffee’
We’ve already driven one hour from Coro, the capital of Falcón state where, in July, after 46 years, the World Food Programme (WFP) marked its return to Venezuela with a new school meals programme.
Brenda Lopez* pulls the legs of her husband’s jeans inside out and rolls them up as tightly as she can. Juan shoves them into a small grey shoulder bag along with two shirts and some underclothes.
Mozambique is highly exposed to weather-related hazards and faces periodic cyclones, droughts and floods. With predicted 800,000 people in severe food insecurity in the 2018-19 lean season, DFID funded WFP and HelpAge to provide cash transfers or commodity vouchers to around 120,000 beneficiaries in Tete province. Two notable features were introduced in the intervention.
A land-locked country in East Africa, Uganda produces more food than it consumes. Yet, poverty still limits people’s access to nutritious food, especially in the north and east of the country.
At WFP, we believe that digital innovation gives us critical extra capacity in our fight against hunger.
Today, we have the power to monitor the food security of vulnerable, hard-to-reach communities in real time – even from thousands of miles away – thanks to mobile technology.
WFP’s Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 report highlights the countries where a simple meal such as rice and beans costs the most, when compared with people’s incomes. South Sudan is once again top of the list, with basic ingredients costing a staggering 186 percent of a person’s daily income.
The award recognizes filmmakers and television programmes that raise awareness about various issues including equality, health, social justice and conservation.
Cocina con Causa has also won an Award of Excellence for Social Change and an Award of Excellence in Reality Programming.
“’Cocina con Causa’ is a very special programme and the award is a recognition of that,” said WFP Representativ
The €60 million project, implemented from 2014-2019 by WFP in partnership with the Egyptian Government supported rural communities in 16 of the most vulnerable governorates in Egypt.
The project has enhanced access and use of educational platforms, empowered teachers through continued trainings, improved child nutrition through school feeding, supported women’s economic empowerment and improved
The Land of the Thunder Dragon is also a land of contradictions. Although over 60 percent of Bhutan’s population works in agriculture, the country still depends on imports for around 50 percent of its food.
This is partially because, despite lush green hills, just 2.6 percent of the tiny Himalayan nation’s land is arable.