Energising School Feeding
<p>Cooking school meals requires energy. In some countries, families are asked to contribute to fuel expenses or to provide firewood, failing which, children may be refused school meals. The acquisition
World Food Programme (WFP)
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Tk 75cr Japanese aid for food insecure poor
The Japanese government has given the World Food Programme (WFP) US$ 10 million or Tk 75 crore to provide food assistance to the poor communities vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change impacts
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Contractors Are Accused in Large-Scale Theft of Food Aid in Somalia
Beyond freelance gunmen, Islamist militants, cholera, malaria, measles and the staggering needs of hundreds of thousands of starving children, aid agencies scrambling to address Somalia’s famine now may
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WFP relief for flood victims
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the Australian government through AusAID, has come to the assistance of 10,000 flood-affected people in Chakoria upazila of Cox's Bazar
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Kenya fails to manage its food crisis
At a streetside kiosk in Isiolo, the price of camel bones for soup has jumped 250 per cent this year to 100 shillings ($1.10) a kilo, straining the pockets of many in the drought-hit eastern Kenyan town.
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US helping Pakistan offset energy crisis
The Coordinator for Non-Military US Assistance to Pakistan, Robin Raphel, has said the United States is playing the role of a catalyst to help Pakistan cope with the ongoing energy crisis. In an exclusive interview to Daily Times, the US ambassador revealed that the US was contributing an initial amount to kick-start development work on Diamer Bhasha Dam to help Pakistan offset the energy crisi
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U.N. Says Struggling With Growing Somali Exodus
The United Nations said on Tuesday it was struggling to keep up with an exodus of hungry Somali refugees and many emaciated children were dying of malnutrition along the way or after arriving in neighboring countries. More than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa now need assistance to survive the crisis sparked by the worst drought in decades, U.N.
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In The Horn Of Africa, Drought Threatens Millions
Four-year-old Hussein Musa sits propped against his mother in a thatch-roofed hut, in a section cordoned off under a scorching sun to mark those with the worst symptoms. "They say he is severely malnourished. He is also suffering from fever and diarrhea," said Mako Wabari, his 35-year-old mother. "We are relying on food aid.
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10 million drought-hit in Africa
<p> Biggest ever aid campaigns to tackle</p>
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North Korea Is Offered Aid to Ease Food Crisis
Responding to the growing threat of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, the European Union will announce on Monday the release of about $14.5 million in emergency aid to feed as many as 650,000 North Koreans. The bloc
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UN food programme helps village grow
Bera, a remote village in Naxalite-hit Bundu block, about 50km from Ranchi district, got enough food for thought to come out of the rebel shadow and taste self-sufficiency, thanks to the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations. The village