LANAO DEL NORTE, PHILIPPINES – “Karon pa jud ko nabusog, Ma’am!” (This is my first time to feel full, Ma’am!), replied Shiela Mae Gascon, a grade three student at Tugar Elementary School, to school principal Milagros Basang’s question as to why she was seemingly clutching her stomach in pain.
After the World Food Programme (WFP) had organized a nutritious hot meal at the Tugar Elementary School in Kauswagan Municipality, Basang approached nine-year old Gascon when she saw the pupil rubbing her stomach.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Join WFP’s campaign to help the women in Darfur in their fight against hunger
Each day according to the reports gathered by World Food Programme, women in Darfur search firewood under high temperature in a dry-sandy land. Sadly, tens of thousands of women and girls were attacked or raped every year while collecting wood. And almost 2 million people are killed by stove smoke.
This is the current situation in Darfur that WFP want to address, to protect the women who is known to be as the front liners of hunger from any form of violence, and also save their family from health risk caused by stove smoke. World Food Programme with the help of everyone’s support and donation can provide fuel-efficient stove for the women in Darfur to prevent them from searching firewood from risky areas and it also eliminates the emission of smokes that leads to indoor air pollution. For as low as $5 donation you are providing a lifesaving stove for a woman in Darfur and saving 2 trees every year.
Watch the video below to know more about the campaign of WFP in Darfur:
With your support here is the direct and long-term impact of what you can do for Darfur:
$5 A lifesaving stove for a woman in Darfur (and 2 trees every year)
$50 Your lifeline for 10 women (and 20 trees every year)
$100 Your lifeline for 20 women (and 40 trees every year)
$1000 Your lifeline for 200 women (and 400 trees every year)
You can send your donations via Paypal and Credit Card by visiting https://www.wfp.org/donate/darfur-HP. Be part of this global campaign to eradicate hunger and protect women from violence. Be part of World Food Programme’s campaign for the women of Darfur and visit their website http://www.wfp.org for more of information about the campaign and other activities of WFP.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Send World Food Programme Christmas e-Cards and help fight World Hunger
In line with the Yuletide Season, World Food Programme launched their Christmas e-Card where for every purchase you will be donating the exact amount to the WFP project you will be supporting. There are four designs to choose, each e-cards represents a community that WFP is supporting.
Helping Women in Ethiopia in their fight against Hunger and Poverty – The Christmas e-Card costs $6 which proceeds will go to the livelihood program of WFP for the women of Ethiopia where it will help them to earn for their family.
More Rice – World Food Programme launched Freerice.com campaign, where every right answer 10 grains of rice will be donated to the WFP beneficiaries. The Christmas e-Card cost $5 where it is equivalent to cups of rice already.
A Warm Meal in School – 7 out of 10 students go to school hungry, where it interrupts their focus in school. The e-Card that cost $5 can ensure a cup of warm nutritious meal to 4 children and that meal will ensure their concentration in school.
Disaster Relief – We had seen how typhoons and earthquakes burdened the people in Haiti, Pakistan, Philippines and other countries. Survival is the key point of the $10 Christmas e-Card of WFP, where it will feed 9 people in times of emergency and hunger.
To avail the e-Cards, you must choose which card you will purchase, pay via credit card or paypal and customize your message. Visit http://gifts.wfp.org/ for the e-Cards
This Christmas, let’s step forward and make it more meaningful and expanding our reach on what we call gift giving. For every Christmas e-Cards that you will avail, is the help you can give to those who are in need aside from making your receiver happy. Let’s do something good today and everyday be part of crusade against hunger with World Food Programme, visit http://www.wfp.org for more information.
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Helping Women in Ethiopia in their fight against Hunger and Poverty – The Christmas e-Card costs $6 which proceeds will go to the livelihood program of WFP for the women of Ethiopia where it will help them to earn for their family.
More Rice – World Food Programme launched Freerice.com campaign, where every right answer 10 grains of rice will be donated to the WFP beneficiaries. The Christmas e-Card cost $5 where it is equivalent to cups of rice already.
A Warm Meal in School – 7 out of 10 students go to school hungry, where it interrupts their focus in school. The e-Card that cost $5 can ensure a cup of warm nutritious meal to 4 children and that meal will ensure their concentration in school.
Disaster Relief – We had seen how typhoons and earthquakes burdened the people in Haiti, Pakistan, Philippines and other countries. Survival is the key point of the $10 Christmas e-Card of WFP, where it will feed 9 people in times of emergency and hunger.
To avail the e-Cards, you must choose which card you will purchase, pay via credit card or paypal and customize your message. Visit http://gifts.wfp.org/ for the e-Cards
This Christmas, let’s step forward and make it more meaningful and expanding our reach on what we call gift giving. For every Christmas e-Cards that you will avail, is the help you can give to those who are in need aside from making your receiver happy. Let’s do something good today and everyday be part of crusade against hunger with World Food Programme, visit http://www.wfp.org for more information.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Pizza Hut and Taco Bell extends assistance to UN World Food Programme
Pizza Hut will be selling signed World Food Programme’s Christmas post cards by Diether Ocampo which is their endorser; it cost P40 pesos per piece. Aside from the post card, for every order of Pizza Hut-WFP Bundle Feast, Pizza Hut restaurants will give 10 pesos to the World Hunger Relief campaign. For Taco Bell, like Pizza Hut, they will donate P10 for every order of Nachos Bellgrande Combo Meal.
Stephen Anderson, Country Director of World Food Programme encouraged everyone in taking their part in fighting hunger. "World Hunger Relief is an innovative global campaign which allows the public and private sectors to come together and address one of the most pressing issues of our time – the silent crisis of world hunger," he ended.
The World Hunger Relief campaign, first launched in 2007, is the world’s largest private sector effort on the issue of hunger. In the past three years, YUM! Brands has raised nearly US$60 million for WFP and other hunger relief agencies globally. To date, the campaign spans 110 countries and has mobilized 37,000 restaurants and over one million employees to volunteer, raise hunger awareness and funds. Multi-Grammy Award winner, pop superstar and WFP Ambassador Against Hunger Christina Aguilera is also the global spokesperson for World Hunger Relief.
For more updates and how you can take part on the projects and campaigns of World Food Programme visit http://www.WFP.org.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
World Food Programme celebrates National Leadership to end Hunger and Malnutrition
ROME –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today marks World Food Day by celebrating the bold leadership and outstanding contributions of national governments toward lasting solutions to hunger and malnutrition.
“When we act together we have the power to bring about real change in the lives of millions of people who would otherwise struggle to feed their families,” said WFP Deputy Executive Director for Hunger Solutions, Sheila Sisulu. “Through our partnerships with governments, local authorities and small-scale farmers, WFP is helping to roll out innovative programmes that boost nutrition, and build sustainable solutions to hunger.”
Just last month, the government of Cape Verde took over full ownership of the national school meals programme after more than three decades of cooperation with WFP. The transition is a glowing example of a country-led solution to hunger, and maintains a programme that helps children to develop healthy minds and bodies while investing in the future of Cape Verde and its people.
“Leaders are seizing the opportunity to align effective policies, programmes and resources behind national and regional priorities,” Sisulu added, highlighting the impact of comprehensive national strategies designed to boost farm production, improve nutrition, strengthen social protection systems and ensure that children have access to the right food at the right time.
With unparalleled deep field presence in more than 70 countries around the world and more than four decades of experience meeting the food and nutritional needs of women, children and families, WFP is proud to work closely with national governments, foundations, private sector businesses, NGOs and others to inform the development of country-led food security plans and support their successful execution.
In many of the regions where WFP works, countries are leading the way in developing food and nutrition safety nets. WFP plays a vital supporting role by providing the expertise, resources to design, scale up and connect these sustainable and innovative programmes and transform a bold vision for lasting food security into a concrete reality for many in need.
“We believe that, working together with the communities we serve as well as with our government and NGO partners, the fight against hunger is a winnable one”, said WFP Philippines Country Director and Representative Stephen Anderson.
An innovative combination of political will, resources and convergence of efforts and application of appropriate technology is crucial for the Philippines.
“We need a ‘business unusual’ approach in the country –that is, boosting our support to the government’s expanding safety net activities while also implementing programmes aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and nutrition at the household level and promotion of decent employment opportunities to ensure sustainable access to food,” Anderson added.
The theme of this year’s World Food Day - “United Against Hunger” – was chosen to recognise efforts made in the fight against hunger at national, regional and international levels. WFP’s contribution to country-led food security plans builds on this theme through the deployment of an array of innovative tools that vary from country to country. All are focused on harnessing agricultural potential to improve access to the nutritious food that is the building block of life. Examples include:
EGYPT –WFP and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have been working with the government of Egypt on a nationwide project to fortify wheat flour – the basic ingredient in the staple food, baladi bread – and thereby protect 50 million Egyptians from anaemia and other micronutrient deficiencies. The successful implementation of the flour fortification programme resulted in the Government of Egypt's adoption of a new national programme with WFP to fortify subsidized vegetable oil with vitamins A and D, reaching over 60 million Egyptians.
GHANA – WFP’s school meals programme in Ghana now provides midday meals for 150,000 children a day, using food that is grown by Ghanaian farmers. Working with the government and purchasing school meal food locally, WFP is supporting education, increasing the income of local farmers and reducing short-term hunger and malnutrition by providing food fortified with vitamins and minerals.
GUATEMALA – WFP’s innovative Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative utilises WFP’s purchasing power to help connect farmers to markets and enhance agricultural production. In Guatemala, this meant that 48 women from a farmers’ organisation were empowered to sell directly to WFP, rather than through a middle man, and to dry and clean their maize themselves rather than through a local mill. This enabled the women to achieve a better price for better quality produce.
BANGLADESH – WFP is working closely with the Government of Bangladesh to build community resilience to natural disasters. Climate change adaptation strategies have already resulted in 30,000 homesteads being raised above flood levels, and 1.6 million women being trained in disaster preparedness. This partnership has spanned 30 years, during which time 26,000 km of raised rural roads have been built keeping millions of people linked with markets during floods, and 17,000 km of river and coastal embankments constructed/rehabilitated, protecting agricultural land from salt water intrusion, siltation and erosion.
PHILIPPINES – WFP, through the EU-funded Food Facility, is working closely with the Government of the Philippines in implementing Food for Asset (FFA) programmes in the conflict-affected areas of Central Mindanao. Under the FFA programme, food assistance is provided through community-managed livelihood activities focused on early recovery in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) return areas. Such livelihood support activities—rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads, farmer field schools training, reconstruction of irrigation canals and the like—encourage communities to be progressively self-sufficient whilst rehabilitating important communal assets and developing relevant livelihood skills.
In the Philippines, WFP is celebrating World Food Day on Sunday, 17 October, in coordination with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and government agencies in Lanao del Sur where the community and the local government has targeted to plant a total of two (2) million fruit trees all over the province as a sign of their unity to fight against hunger and establish food security in the region.
“When we act together we have the power to bring about real change in the lives of millions of people who would otherwise struggle to feed their families,” said WFP Deputy Executive Director for Hunger Solutions, Sheila Sisulu. “Through our partnerships with governments, local authorities and small-scale farmers, WFP is helping to roll out innovative programmes that boost nutrition, and build sustainable solutions to hunger.”
Just last month, the government of Cape Verde took over full ownership of the national school meals programme after more than three decades of cooperation with WFP. The transition is a glowing example of a country-led solution to hunger, and maintains a programme that helps children to develop healthy minds and bodies while investing in the future of Cape Verde and its people.
“Leaders are seizing the opportunity to align effective policies, programmes and resources behind national and regional priorities,” Sisulu added, highlighting the impact of comprehensive national strategies designed to boost farm production, improve nutrition, strengthen social protection systems and ensure that children have access to the right food at the right time.
With unparalleled deep field presence in more than 70 countries around the world and more than four decades of experience meeting the food and nutritional needs of women, children and families, WFP is proud to work closely with national governments, foundations, private sector businesses, NGOs and others to inform the development of country-led food security plans and support their successful execution.
In many of the regions where WFP works, countries are leading the way in developing food and nutrition safety nets. WFP plays a vital supporting role by providing the expertise, resources to design, scale up and connect these sustainable and innovative programmes and transform a bold vision for lasting food security into a concrete reality for many in need.
“We believe that, working together with the communities we serve as well as with our government and NGO partners, the fight against hunger is a winnable one”, said WFP Philippines Country Director and Representative Stephen Anderson.
An innovative combination of political will, resources and convergence of efforts and application of appropriate technology is crucial for the Philippines.
“We need a ‘business unusual’ approach in the country –that is, boosting our support to the government’s expanding safety net activities while also implementing programmes aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and nutrition at the household level and promotion of decent employment opportunities to ensure sustainable access to food,” Anderson added.
The theme of this year’s World Food Day - “United Against Hunger” – was chosen to recognise efforts made in the fight against hunger at national, regional and international levels. WFP’s contribution to country-led food security plans builds on this theme through the deployment of an array of innovative tools that vary from country to country. All are focused on harnessing agricultural potential to improve access to the nutritious food that is the building block of life. Examples include:
EGYPT –WFP and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have been working with the government of Egypt on a nationwide project to fortify wheat flour – the basic ingredient in the staple food, baladi bread – and thereby protect 50 million Egyptians from anaemia and other micronutrient deficiencies. The successful implementation of the flour fortification programme resulted in the Government of Egypt's adoption of a new national programme with WFP to fortify subsidized vegetable oil with vitamins A and D, reaching over 60 million Egyptians.
GHANA – WFP’s school meals programme in Ghana now provides midday meals for 150,000 children a day, using food that is grown by Ghanaian farmers. Working with the government and purchasing school meal food locally, WFP is supporting education, increasing the income of local farmers and reducing short-term hunger and malnutrition by providing food fortified with vitamins and minerals.
GUATEMALA – WFP’s innovative Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative utilises WFP’s purchasing power to help connect farmers to markets and enhance agricultural production. In Guatemala, this meant that 48 women from a farmers’ organisation were empowered to sell directly to WFP, rather than through a middle man, and to dry and clean their maize themselves rather than through a local mill. This enabled the women to achieve a better price for better quality produce.
BANGLADESH – WFP is working closely with the Government of Bangladesh to build community resilience to natural disasters. Climate change adaptation strategies have already resulted in 30,000 homesteads being raised above flood levels, and 1.6 million women being trained in disaster preparedness. This partnership has spanned 30 years, during which time 26,000 km of raised rural roads have been built keeping millions of people linked with markets during floods, and 17,000 km of river and coastal embankments constructed/rehabilitated, protecting agricultural land from salt water intrusion, siltation and erosion.
PHILIPPINES – WFP, through the EU-funded Food Facility, is working closely with the Government of the Philippines in implementing Food for Asset (FFA) programmes in the conflict-affected areas of Central Mindanao. Under the FFA programme, food assistance is provided through community-managed livelihood activities focused on early recovery in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) return areas. Such livelihood support activities—rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads, farmer field schools training, reconstruction of irrigation canals and the like—encourage communities to be progressively self-sufficient whilst rehabilitating important communal assets and developing relevant livelihood skills.
In the Philippines, WFP is celebrating World Food Day on Sunday, 17 October, in coordination with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and government agencies in Lanao del Sur where the community and the local government has targeted to plant a total of two (2) million fruit trees all over the province as a sign of their unity to fight against hunger and establish food security in the region.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
UN World Food Programme Assists 250,000 Food-Insecure Persons Monthly in Conflict-Affected Central Mindanao
WFP, in close partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other government departments, is currently providing food assistance, through community-managed livelihood activities, on a monthly basis to 250,000 food-insecure persons in conflict-affected areas of Central Mindanao. These communities were previously displaced due to the upsurge in conflict in August 2008. Starvation is an extreme form of hunger and the prevailing situation in Mindanao, while requiring ongoing support to strengthen resilience, cannot be categorized as “starvation”. Food-insecure people are those who do not have sustainable access to food due to socio-economic reasons as well as shocks such as conflict and natural disasters.
WFP’s current programme of assistance in Central Mindanao is based on a Food Security Assessment that was carried out in January 2010, which highlighted food security constraints among internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their places of origin. In line with government priorities, the main focus of WFP assistance is on “early recovery” activities in the IDP return areas.
Based on the recently-released 2010 Global Hunger Index, produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Philippines as a whole, ranks 34th out of 84 countries analyzed, with the 84th country having the worst hunger index. The Philippines has been classified as having a “serious” hunger index, as opposed to other countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa classified with “alarming” and “extremely alarming” hunger indices.
The Government of the Philippines is consolidating and expanding social safety net programmes aimed at enhancing resilience of the most vulnerable throughout the country, including in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. WFP supports these efforts.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
UN World Food Programme Philippines introduces mobile phone-based cash disbursement via Globe G-CASH
WFP is piloting a mobile phone-based cash disbursement service for its Cash-For-Work (CFW) programme beneficiaries. The CFW programme is a cash transfer endeavour designed to assist the rehabilitation of disaster-affected communities in Luzon.
Through CFW, WFP together with Globe and its key partners, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and NGO, Community Family Services International (CFSI), aims to bridge communities and rebuild lives by supporting community-driven rehabilitation projects. The cash is intended to enhance the purchasing power of families for essential and complementary food items that would improve the overall food security and nutritional status of disadvantaged Filipinos.
This innovative approach to early recovery and disaster rehabilitation and preparedness will use Globe GCASH electronic mobile money transfer system to enable Globe and TM subscribers in identified affected areas access to incentives provided by WFP through a simple text message.
Globe SIM cards will be distributed to beneficiaries for free in October through community awareness campaigns on how to use GCASH in order for the participants to receive their entitlements by either cashing out money at any of the 18,000 GCASH outlets nationwide or by using it directly at accredited GCASH establishments.
“We are very pleased with our partnership with Globe,” said Mr. Stephen Anderson, WFP Philippines Country Director and Representative. “Their support in providing a mobile-phone based cash disbursement service for our pilot Cash-For-Work programme is not only a first in the Philippines, but a first for WFP’s operations in Southeast Asia,” he said.
Of the 35,000 households targeted by WFP in the overall CFW pilot programme in the National Capital Region, Region IV-A and the Cordillera Administrative Region, 2,000 indigent households will be reached through Globe GCASH distribution in selected areas in Metro Manila and surrounding urban vicinities. These areas were also served by Globe through its Bangon Pinoy program which was launched last year to provide relief operations, financial assistance, network restoration and a series of community-building activities to places severely hit by calamities.
In line with DSWD’s guidelines for cash-for-work programs and enhancing the ongoing early recovery Food-for-Work programme which started in April 2010, WFP’s CFW pilot is expected to serve 175,000 flood-affected beneficiaries for the project’s four month duration until November 2010.
Through this revolutionary and efficient method of delivering humanitarian assistance via mobile technology—a strategy that makes sense in the “Texting Capital of the World”, DSWD and WFP will be ensured of a transparent and accountable means of sending money directly to the disaster-affected households and a real-time monitoring of cash disbursement.
To date, WFP has assisted over one million typhoon-affected households in Luzon through combined emergency relief and early reconstruction and rehabilitation activities.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
MDG 1: Standing Up for the 1 Billion Hungry
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WFP and FAO launch the campaign “1 Billion Hungry” to educate everyone about the present situation of those who are under extreme poverty and victims of calamities such as drought that are facing hunger. This campaign takes part on the quest of the United Nation Millennium Campaign (UNMC) to achieve MDG number 1, which is eradication of poverty and hunger. Three-fourths of the world’s population is experiencing chronic hunger, especially in Asia and the Pacific and Sub-Sahara Africa regions. The campaign involves hunger fighters, advocates, and individuals to take part with this advocacy to be part of the one billion people who will stand up for the one billion hungry and reaching out to them. A signature campaign is currently ongoing on FAO’s website (http://www.1billionhungry.org) as sign of support.; There are also donation pages at WFP’s website (http://www.wfp.org) to raise funds to support their projects that include nutrition for children and pregnant women who are front liners of hunger, school meal, calamity and agricultural support.
WFP also opened its donation page to Paypal users for easy transfer of financial support for its projects. For every five dollars donated, it would give healthy school meals for a child, or $25 dollars could provide nutritious food for a new mother and her child.
On September 20 to 22, world leaders will convene at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the UN MDG Summit. Leaders from nations that are facing chronic hunger should have concrete and comprehensive projects from their countrymen, and at the same time, establish global relationship to strengthen the support coming from developed nations. The countdown towards 2015 begins as MDG 1 challenges us on how we would fight hunger, and be part of the one billion people helping the one billion hungry. As FAO and WFP said, “One billion people live in chronic hunger and I’m mad as hell.” Let’s be aware of it, stand up, take action, and make noise to achieve MDG 1!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Help feed the hungry by joining World Food Programme's Free Rice Project
Questions like these have stumped millions of people across the globe since 2007, when Freerice.com – the world’s only vocabulary game that feeds the hungry – took the web by storm.
Since then, the viral brain teaser has raised enough rice to feed more than 4.2 million people for a day in countries like Uganda and Bangladesh. Pakistan will be the latest destination following the unprecedented flooding that has sparked one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the country’s history.
Driving the flow of rice are an average 40,000 players daily (1.2 million per month) who take the fight against hunger online by putting their word-smarts to the test.
But the FreeRice frenzy has only just begun as loyal players and word freaks everywhere start playing an all-new version launched today, which combines the addictive game-play of the original version with the community-building appeal of social media.
“The race will be on to see who can top the FreeRice rankings,” said Nancy Roman, Director of Communications and Private Sector Partnerships for the World Food Programme, adding that hardcore players have been clamouring for this function from the outset.
What’s New?
The original premise of FreeRice hasn’t changed: players face increasingly difficult vocabulary questions and for every correct answer, earn ten grains of rice donated through WFP and paid for by advertisers. FreeRice 2.0 now takes the game one step further, by bringing players together in an online community of people where virtual game play and interaction rises to a new level.
Bragging rights will become an even greater part of the game with social network integration, allowing players to post their scores on Facebook or tweet about how much rice they’ve donated on Twitter. The vehicle behind a whole genre of successful web games, mixing the game-play with social media will help drive its popularity and get new players onboard.
The ultimate time killer, a mobile phone app will also be available for iPhone/iPad users, who can get their FreeRice fix while they wait in line at the bank or ride the bus to work.
While the word challenge is still the game’s biggest attraction, players can also test their knowledge of Art, Geography, Chemistry or Math, or drill their vocabulary in French, Spanish, Italian or German.
“FreeRice is making Internet history, said Roman. “It’s a stellar example of how a fun and simple idea can harness the internet’s potential to contribute to the world’s most pressing global issue – hunger.”
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The new level of interactivity will also make the game a better classroom tool for teachers, who are already using it to hone their students’ vocabularies while teaching them about poverty and hunger. With FreeRice 2.0, teachers can pit their kids in a classroom competition or even a school-wide tournament at the click of a mouse.
A viral phenomenon, FreeRice was launched in 2007 with no official marketing campaign and at no cost to WFP. Its designer, John Breen, says the programme started out as a simple word game to help his teenage sons prepare for their college entrance exams.
Breen, who was already working on a number of humanitarian causes, realized the game’s potential to help, putting it at the service of WFP. An instant success, in its first month, the game had raised enough rice to feed over 50,000 people for a day.
As it continued turning heads and winning converts, FreeRice won Yahoo!’s 2007 Charity Website of the Year Award. A year later, Breen was recognized by Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, for the game’s outstanding contribution to the Internet’s impact on society.
Today, thousands of loyal players log on everyday to learn new words or improve their English language skills, while donating rice to the hungry. As this online community of hunger-fighting word fans continues to grow, so does their contribution to WFP’s operations around the world.
Friday, July 30, 2010
World Food Programme - Philippines welcomes supports from Germany and Spain for the conflict-affected people in Mindanao
MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed contributions from Germany and Spain of 500,000 Euros (estimated 56.7 million pesos) each to jumpstart WFP operations to support conflict-affected people in Central Mindanao.
As more internally displaced people return to their homes or resettle in other communities following the ceasefire in mid-2009 and peace talks continue, WFP recently shifted its focus from emergency relief activities to programmes designed to support the early recovery of returnee communities.
“We are extremely grateful for the support of the German and Spanish governments,” said Mr. Asaka Nyangara, WFP Deputy Country Director and head of operations in Mindanao. “Their donations come at a very critical time of rebuilding and restoring livelihoods in Mindanao,” she said.
In partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), WFP will contribute to the continuing peace-building efforts through assistance to the most vulnerable, particularly in remote and insecure areas of Central Mindanao.
WFP’s Food for Work and Food for Training activities, with support from the European Union through its Food Facility programme, encourage people to become progressively more self-sufficient through the rebuilding and rehabilitation of important community assets, and developing new skills which help them support themselves.
In addition to its return and recovery programmes, WFP also provides nutrition support to vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant and breast-feeding mothers through supplementary feeding and school meals. WFP programmes are implemented in close collaboration with the communities, local government and other local stakeholders.
WFP returned to the Philippines in 2006 to contribute to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Mindanao by addressing the food security of vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas.
WFP also supports large-scale natural disaster response of the Government of the Philippines on a case-by-case basis. WFP is currently providing emergency relief and early recovery assistance for flood-affected areas in Luzon.
As more internally displaced people return to their homes or resettle in other communities following the ceasefire in mid-2009 and peace talks continue, WFP recently shifted its focus from emergency relief activities to programmes designed to support the early recovery of returnee communities.
“We are extremely grateful for the support of the German and Spanish governments,” said Mr. Asaka Nyangara, WFP Deputy Country Director and head of operations in Mindanao. “Their donations come at a very critical time of rebuilding and restoring livelihoods in Mindanao,” she said.
In partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), WFP will contribute to the continuing peace-building efforts through assistance to the most vulnerable, particularly in remote and insecure areas of Central Mindanao.
WFP’s Food for Work and Food for Training activities, with support from the European Union through its Food Facility programme, encourage people to become progressively more self-sufficient through the rebuilding and rehabilitation of important community assets, and developing new skills which help them support themselves.
In addition to its return and recovery programmes, WFP also provides nutrition support to vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant and breast-feeding mothers through supplementary feeding and school meals. WFP programmes are implemented in close collaboration with the communities, local government and other local stakeholders.
WFP returned to the Philippines in 2006 to contribute to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Mindanao by addressing the food security of vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas.
WFP also supports large-scale natural disaster response of the Government of the Philippines on a case-by-case basis. WFP is currently providing emergency relief and early recovery assistance for flood-affected areas in Luzon.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
WFP’s End Hunger: Walk the World 2010 successful in the Philippines
June 6, Taguig City, Philippines – More than 5, 000 participants here in the Philippines signed up for the annual walk for the World Food Programme’s End Hunger: Walk the World – Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010. WTW2010’s main goal is to raise awareness on global hunger where almost 1 Billion around the world is facing this problem along with lack of nutrition for children and pregnant women and victims of disasters and calamity like in Haiti and here in the Philippines. Aside from the awareness it also raise funds to support WFP’s project, here in the Philippines WTW2010 registration fee costs 250 pesos and all proceeds will be donated to support 70,000 school children in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao through WFP’s Emergency Food-for-Education Programme. Here are some photos from the World Food Programme’s End Hunger: Walk the World – Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010 in Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City:
This year, the annual walk challenges the running enthusiast to join the event in taking huge and faster steps in campaign WFP’s End Hunger project. Despite of the drizzles it doesn’t stopped advocates, runners and walkers from walking 1Km lane or 5Km race lane for runners; instead they enjoyed the cool climate during the event. To see how the event goes here is short video of me showing how the annual walk looks like here in the Philippines.
World Food Programme’s End Hunger: Walk the World – Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010 is a symbolical project of WFP to create awareness and stepping up towards ending child hunger around the world. Hunger is one of the major concerns of the United Nation under the Millennium Developmental Goal; it falls on number 1; Eradication of Hunger and Poverty. Thousands of people around the world go to sleep with an empty stomach, along with children and pregnant women who lacks nutrition. Our call to help others doesn’t stop from walking and running, be a hunger fighter like by taking part of WFP’s project visit www.wfp.org for more details.
KC Concepcion joins WFP’s End Hunger: Walk The World 2010
June 6, 2010, Taguig City, Philippines – Showbiz royalty and World Food Programme National Ambassador KC Concepcion joins End Hunger: Walk The World – Isang Hakbang Pilipinas 2010 to show support to the UN WFP and the 70, 000 students who needs nutrition in Mindanao. More than 5, 000 participants join KC Concepcion and Stephen Anderson, WFP Country Coordinator on this annual walk to raise awareness and funds for WFP’s project to end child hunger. This year’s annual walk for the Philippines is different now that WFP challenges running enthusiast to join the event with the 5Km fun run aside from the 1Km walk.
KC Concepcion is the daughter of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion, both big stars in the Philippines. KC is now mainstay of ABS-CBN showbiz talk show The Buzz and host on her very own morning show Simply KC. She will be launching her movie with her father entitled I’ll Be There, a father’s day offering of Star Cinema and a reunion project for her and her father.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Statement by WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, ahead of End Hunger: Walk the World
This Sunday, thousands of people around the world will be taking to the streets for the annual “End Hunger: Walk the World” event. The walk unites people from all over the world in a common belief: that hunger is unacceptable, and we must put our energy, creativity and resources behind the eradication of child malnutrition.
A third of all deaths in children under the age of five in developing countries are linked to undernutrition, while the physical and mental development of millions more is damaged by the irreversible effects of long-term hidden hunger. Walk the World raises funds for WFP’s school meal programmes – for just 1 euro a week, a cup of food in school can help break the cycle of hunger and poverty by giving children a healthy start in life.
I hope that everyone who can will join WFP and our global partners -- TNT, Unilever and DSM – in solidarity with the world’s 1 billion urgently hungry people this Sunday, either by participating in walk near them, or by joining the virtual walk community on our website wfp.org/walktheworld. Together, we can fight hunger!
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Every steps count to End Hunger, Join WFP’s Walk the World 2010
On June 6, Filipino runners, walkers and advocates will unite in stepping up to End Hunger in this year’s End Hunger: Walk the World 2010 - ISAANG HAKBANG PILIPINAS 2010 (One Step Philippines 2010) in the 28th and 9th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, 5:30 AM. Participants can join by logging on to http://www.walktheworld-pilipinas.org, registration fee is only P250 pesos, and proceeds from the event will be supporting the 70,000 school children in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao through WFP’s Emergency Food-for-Education Programme.
In the traditional walk, there will be a 5Km Fun Run for the running enthusiast, Stephen Anderson, Country Director of WFP in the Philippines, KC Concepcion National Ambassador of WFP, Cetin Yalcin, Country General Manager of TNT and Carl Cruz the Managing Director for Foods of Unilever will be joining the runners, walkers and advocates on the said event.
For other countries, they can visit http://walktheworld.wfp.org and can also join the virtual walk and send donations at https://walktheworld.wfp.org/donate/donate. Do you part to End Hunger, stand up and walk the world now!
In the traditional walk, there will be a 5Km Fun Run for the running enthusiast, Stephen Anderson, Country Director of WFP in the Philippines, KC Concepcion National Ambassador of WFP, Cetin Yalcin, Country General Manager of TNT and Carl Cruz the Managing Director for Foods of Unilever will be joining the runners, walkers and advocates on the said event.
For other countries, they can visit http://walktheworld.wfp.org and can also join the virtual walk and send donations at https://walktheworld.wfp.org/donate/donate. Do you part to End Hunger, stand up and walk the world now!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Let’s Walk the World to End Hunger on June 6
On June 6, join hunger fighters and advocates of the World Food Programme as we start the annual walk to create awareness of one of the major problem in the society and that is hunger. Aside from the awareness campaign is that it will raise funds that will support WFP efforts in reaching of malnourished children and mothers around the world.There are 200 countries participating in this event including the Philippines where it happen in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, participants will pay P250 for registration fee where they will get singlets and certificates from WFP-Philippines for the Fun Run on this event. All collected funds will be used for the WFP-PH projects. For individuals and group who wanted to join the event here in the Philippines visit http://www.walktheworld-pilipinas.org/.
For other countries like Brazil, USA, Canada, Italy, Ghana and other countries who participate actively on WFP campaign can visit http://walktheworld.wfp.org/ to know more of the project. WFP also invites those who cannot join the event by walking virtually; they can donate online and post their photos on the wall of WFP’s Virtual Walk http://walktheworld.wfp.org/wall.
The issue of hunger falls in United Nation Millennium Development Goal # 1; Eradication of Hunger and Poverty, a serious global problem that affects almost three-fourths of the world especially the developing country. We had seen Haiti, Africa, India and even the Philippines. Hunger is a global issue that everyone is involved and there is no way that you cannot take part of this global campaign to end hunger and giving hope to all children and mothers in all parts of the world. Let’s stand up and take action by start walking to END HUNGER.
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