PARIS ¨C The Executive Director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Luke J. Lindberg, participated in the G7 summit of Foreign Ministers this week, at the invitation of France's G7 Presidency.
CAIRO/PORT SAID, Egypt ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a critical contribution from France to support life saving nutrition assistance for vulnerable families in the Gaza Strip.
KAMPALA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 2 million from the Government of France to enhance food security for refugees and improve nutrition for women and children in Uganda.
New Â鶹ÊÓƵ report shows a 20 percent increase in just four years of the number of children receiving meals in school through domestic programmes; national governments are leading the global expansion, prioritizing children¡¯s well-being.
ROME ¨C Nearly 80 million more children are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2020 ¡ª a 20 percent increase that brings the global total to at least 466 million children, according to the latest edition of The State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship biennial report released today by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Afghanistan welcomes a contribution of EUR 1 million from the Government of France in flexible funding which has been programmed towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s resilience projects.
KABUL ¨C The Government of France has allocated 3 million euros (USD 3.3 million) from its Food Assistance Program (FAP), to support the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding and nutrition programs in Afghanistan - a country where an already crippling hunger crisis hits mothers and children the hardest.
KYIV ¨C Thanks to generous funding from the government of France and private donors, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) helped schools serve 5.6 million hot meals for close to 90,000 primary school children in the 2023-2024 academic year in Ukraine.
CONAKRY- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 1.5 million contribution from France for the provision of food and nutrition support to women, children, and farmers in Beyla and Lola prefectures of the Forest Guinea region.
Vientiane: The Embassies of France and Germany in Lao PDR will visit this week United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)-backed school meals and nutrition programmes in the southern Sekong and Salavanh provinces. These initiatives, funded by both governments, are essential in enabling women and young girls to access nutrition and education, especially as they continue facing disproportionate impacts from food insecurity and economic instability.
LAMAM ¨C Provincial authorities and line ministries together with the Embassy of France and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today signed off on a project aimed at improving the food security of 10,600 people in the district of Thateng in Sekong Province. The donation from France, which amounts to US$ 545,852, will cover people¡¯s most urgent food needs and provide training in nutrition and resilience to climate-related and other shocks.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of France to support innovative home-grown school feeding activities in Chikwawa and Nsanje districts ¨C two of the worst cyclone-affected districts in southern Malawi.
CHI?IN?U/Moldova ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €3 million contribution from France¡¯s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to support Ukrainian refugees and Moldovan host families through cash-based transfers until the end of 2023.
CAHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of France towards its nutrition response for families affected by drought in the southern Angola.
BOUNNEUA, LAO PDR ¨C The Ministry of Health, provincial authorities, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF have today launched a project supported by the Republic of France, focusing on improving the nutrition status of children under five in Lao PDR¡¯s northernmost province of Phongsaly.
ROME ¨C France¡¯s Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenar?i? met with David Beasley, Executive Director (ED) of the World Food Program (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), to discuss the dramatic consequences of the war in Ukraine on food security, especially for developing countries and the world¡¯s most vulnerable countries.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 25.5 million contribution from the Government of France towards its operations in Afghanistan, where half of the population is facing hunger and in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
Algiers ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has warmly welcomed a contribution of € 400,000 (US$ 478,000) from the government of France (EU) to support Sahrawi refugee children in Algeria. This is the second year that France has made this substantial donation.
Yerevan, ARMENIA ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a EUR 300,000 contribution from the Government of France, which will help Â鶹ÊÓƵ to support food insecure and displaced people in Armenia through cash transfers to meet their immediate food needs till the end of June.
TRIPOLI ¨C Thanks to a EUR 370,000 contribution from the Government of France, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Libya will support 3,500 crisis-affected people in the Fezzan region in the south of Libya through agriculture and livelihoods projects
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is radically expanding its support to a key Lebanese social assistance programme, with the goal of helping 270,000 people get through the triple shock caused by economic crisis, the COVID-19 lockdown and the blasts at Beirut port.
Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €250,000 contribution from France to provide essential food for the poorest and most food insecure non-refugee populations in the Gaza Strip.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a first-time contribution of € 400,000 (US$ 452,000) from the Government of France (EU) to support Sahrawi refugee boys and girls in camps in Algeria.
