ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 3.5 million from the Government of France in support of the ongoing flood response in Pakistan, specifically targeting women and children facing life-threatening malnutrition.
May 25 2023, ADEN ¨C The food security situation in Yemen¡¯s districts under the control of the Government of Yemen (GoY) slightly improved during the first five months of this year, while acute malnutrition increased, compared to the same period in 2022. However, the outlook for the period between now until the end of 2023 indicates the need for more programme investments, as the modest improvements may be eroded, UN agencies have warned.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 1 million from France to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency nutrition response in three provinces of northern Mozambique.
ISLAMABAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Planning and Development (P&D) Department of the Government of Balochistan have signed an agreement for the implementation of the Gwadar-Lasbela Livelihoods Support Project II (GLLSP-II) to improve nutrition behaviours and practices for food insecure communities in the Gwadar and Lasbela coastal districts. These areas are highly exposed to climate shocks, resulting in lower productivity in agriculture, livestock and fisheries.
KINSHASA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$ 2.8 million contribution from the Government of Switzerland to support emergency food and nutrition assistance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
CARACAS - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is expanding its school meals programme to include hot meals prepared with fresh food and served to 16,000 school children and staff in over one hundred schools in Falc¨®n state, Venezuela.
ROME ¨C Amidst a global food crisis which sees families in many countries struggling to put food on the table, a new report says governments worldwide are increasingly convinced that school meals are a powerful and cost-effective way of ensuring that vulnerable children get the food they need.
NEW DELHI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in India and the Government of India¡¯s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers¡¯ Welfare today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation for 2023-2027.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a €1 million contribution from the Government of Italy that will help provide daily school meals for children attending schools and nurseries in Tindouf refugee camps.
N¡¯DJAMENA ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a USD 6.2 million contribution by the Government of Japan to support 120,000 people including refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and families facing hunger and malnutrition in Chad.
AWEIL ¨C A contribution of US$288.5 million from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will help to support more than two million of the most food-insecure people in South Sudan with life-saving food and nutrition assistance through the 2023 lean season, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) supported vulnerable populations affected by the crisis in Burkina Faso in 2022, thanks to a USD 11.8 million contribution from the Government of Canada, channeled through Global Affairs Canada.
ROME ¨C Investing in the health and nutrition of children and adolescents in school is more important than ever as the world grapples with colliding food, climate and learning crises that threaten children and their development, according to a new report.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank Group (WBG) President David Malpass, Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director David Beasley and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued the following joint statement calling for continued urgent action to address the global crisis on food and nutrition security.
DAMASCUS ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Executive Director, David Beasley, arrived in Syria this week and appealed to the world to invest in the Syrian people and communities to get them on their feet and off food assistance.
NAIROBI / JOHANNESBURG ¨C?An essential and timely contribution of €65.5 million from the European Union, received through its Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), has been immediately put to work by Â鶹ÊÓƵ to address the unprecedented needs caused by the global effects of the war in Ukraine, climate shocks, conflict, and economic pressures.
BAMAKO ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 62.5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to strengthen food security, nutrition, and resilience of 971,000 people in nine conflict-affected regions of Mali.
24/01/2023, Bangkok ¨C Asia¡¯s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region¡¯s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition, according to the main findings of a new report by four United Nations agencies.
KIGALI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the United States (through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) to provide life-saving food assistance in the form of cash transfers and treatment for malnutrition including social and behavioral change initiatives for 113,500 refugees living in all five camps in Rwanda.
Official launch by FAO, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Integrated Acute Food Insecurity Phase Classification Results Study in Lebanon.
NEW YORK/ROME - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes a US$ 10.7 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to help vulnerable children get better access to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, and India. The two-and-a-half-year initiative focuses on including fortified foods in school meals as well as advocating for more nutritious food throughout the programmes.
The region has the highest cost for a healthy diet compared to the rest of the world, at USD 3.89 per person per day, while the world average is USD 3.54.
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.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a contribution of around US$130 million from the Government of Japan to support vulnerable people in 37 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa amid the deepening global hunger crisis.
