BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau ¡ª Children and vulnerable families in Guinea-Bissau are being pushed further into hunger and malnutrition as funding shortfalls force cuts to critical programmes during the June to August lean season, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
DAKAR ¨C The Embassy of Japan in Dakar and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today have signed a new food assistance agreement worth JPY 200 million (approximately US$1.32 million) to support food and nutrition assistance in Guinea-Bissau.
BISSAU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Japan have signed a new agreement to provide school meals to 200,000 children in 850 schools for the next two academic years.
Guinea BISSAU ¨CThe Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched a new five-year Country Strategic Plan to achieve food security and improved nutrition.
Bissau ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Chinese Embassy in Guinea-Bissau and the Ministry of National Education have carried out the first distribution of take-home rations of rice to children with disabilities, marking an important step in the fight against malnutrition and school exclusion of children with disabilities in Guinea-Bissau.
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of China have signed agreements to provide food assistance to vulnerable people in Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Uganda. These contributions aim to alleviate food insecurity, which has been worsened by the socio-economic effects of COVID-19.
