DILI ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Health today started to distribute Super Cereal, a fortified blend rich in vitamins and minerals, to vulnerable groups. Procured with funding contribution from China, the nutritious food will be distributed to more than 144,000 malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women across all 13 municipalities over the next four months.
DILI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today welcomed a US$ 7.8 million donation from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Through this generous contribution, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and WHO will work towards improving the health and nutritional status of school children in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Timor-Leste.
LILONGWE: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the Malawi Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network¡¯s contribution of food and non-food items valued at US$ 22,000 to assist vulnerable people affected by floods caused by Tropical Storm Ana that hit Malawi on 24 January.
New Delhi: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Isha Outreach have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on creating conversations, awareness, and outreach on sustainable food and nutrition security in India.
Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched a new campaign to provide nutritional support to hundreds of pregnant and nursing women in Gaza and the West Bank, aiming to combat malnutrition and high anaemia (iron deficiency) rates among them.
JAKARTA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has launched a digital campaign #KerenDimakan (Cool to Eat) with an aim to promote healthy and balanced diets among Indonesian adolescents.
VIENTIANE ¨CThe Ministry of Planning and Investment and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today presented Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s new Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to Government and partners. With it, Â鶹ÊÓƵ recommits its support to the Government of Lao PDR in improving food security, reducing malnutrition and ensuring sustainable food systems for all, as the country prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
MANILA ¨C Three weeks after Super Typhoon Odette (known internationally as Rai) devastated a huge swathe of the Philippines, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is warning that nutrition and food security are at risk in communities in hard-hit areas unless immediate food needs are met over the next six months.
VIENTIANE ¨C U.S. Ambassador Dr. Peter M. Haymond handed over 93 containers of fortified rice, lentils, canned fish and fortified cooking oil to Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Dr. Sisouk Vongvichith at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane today. The food will be used to prepare healthy school lunches for 63,000 school children around Lao PDR.
BISHKEK ¨C The COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious threats to food security and nutrition of the poorest people in the Kyrgyz Republic, particularly those living in urban areas, according to a new study released by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) together with National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC).
BRAS?LIA ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil is marking 10 years of operations with an online event on the role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the fight against hunger.
Bamako: The Government of Japan has contributed approximately USD1.8 million (one billion XOF) to the United Nations¡¯ Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to improve food security and nutrition, while reinforcing resilience for vulnerable communities in Mali.
DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan handed over 1,485 tons of fortified wheat flour and around 61 tons of vegetable oil to the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan during a ceremony this week. The food will cover the needs of the national School Feeding Programme in the Districts of the Republican Subordination (DRS), Khatlon Region, and the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO).
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China have recently signed an agreement to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency food and nutrition operations in Timor-Leste.
CHENNAI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) have entered into a strategic partnership to build upon research and programmes that enhance resilience and food security in climate-affected communities in India.
Kabul ¨C Wrapping up a two-day visit to Herat, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, Herv¨¦ Ludovic De Lys, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Afghanistan Representative and Country Director, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, sounded the alarm on the dire state of malnutrition and food insecurity sweeping across the country. Without reliable access to water, food and basic health and nutrition services, Afghan children and their families are bearing the brunt of years of conflict and the current economic crisis.
EGYPT ¨C A US$500,000 grant from the Government of Japan will allow the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to resume its nutritional assistance for pregnant and nursing refugee mothers and their children under two.
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have entered a partnership to bolster climate-resilient food and nutrition security and livelihoods in India.
MASERU- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a JPY 200 million (US$ 1.8 Million) contribution by the Government of Japan to strengthen food assistance support to 50,000 pre-primary school children through the Government of Lesotho¡¯s national school feeding programme.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is partnering with the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) to hand over ownership of the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SUN Business Network) in Sri Lanka. The handover will enable the SUN Business Network to scale up from its current member base of large private sector organizations to include Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).
Windhoek, Namibia -The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in partnership with the African Group of Ambassadors and the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil recently launched an Integrated Community Based Food systems Project in the rural district of Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa Region.
COX¡¯S BAZAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a new contribution of €3.5 million from the European Union (EU) to support Rohingya refugees as well as host communities in Cox¡¯s Bazar with food assistance and nutrition support.
DAMASCUS ¨C With a record number of Syrians struggling to meet their basic needs, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a donation of 109 million Euro from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) to provide lifesaving food and nutrition support to millions of vulnerable people in 2021 - 2022.
ANTANANARIVO, 26 July 2021 ¨C At least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished including 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar, suffering irreversible damage to their growth and development. The number of acutely malnourished children is likely to increase fourfold since the previous assessment conducted in October 2020, warn UNICEF and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
ANTANANARIVO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of €2.5 million from the European Union (EU) to support its life-saving food and nutritional assistance in the southern region of Madagascar and its cash programmes for vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
