BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is collaborating with Iraqi academic institutions including the University of Basra, the University of Mosul and the University of Sulaymaniyah on activities aimed at reducing the risk of food insecurity in vulnerable communities through resilience building and climate change adaptation. The collaboration is part of efforts to make progress towards Strategic Development Goal (SDG) 2 ¡°Zero Hunger.¡±
DAKAR ¨C The number of acutely food insecure people in West and Central Africa has now risen to a record high of 28 million people and trends point toward a further deterioration if support to stem the spread of hunger is not ramped up, two UN agencies - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ - warned today.
London - As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan: almost 23 million people facing severe hunger, a global cinema advertising campaign featuring leading names from the film, advertising and humanitarian worlds, and aimed at stirring UK cinema audiences into action to tackle global hunger, includes the people of Afghanistan in their campaign to fight hunger. SAWA, the Global Cinema Advertising Association, in association with the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the world¡¯s leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, created the ¡°Feed Our Future¡± campaign to highlight the potential that is lost every time a child dies of hunger.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Citibank Zambia Limited and MTN Zambia have for the first time, provided cash assistance to people living in Mantapala Refugee Settlement, home to around 18,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), through a digital payment solution, plugPAY. Under the initiative, the payment platform allows Â鶹ÊÓƵ to transfer cash directly to refugees¡¯ bank accounts or mobile wallets of choice while using the country¡¯s interoperable payment gateway, the National Financial Switch.
Tripoli ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a €1 million contribution from the European Union to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ-led humanitarian air operations in Libya.
A new partnership between the Islamic Development Bank, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and The Power of Nutrition for the design and implementation of the First 1,000 Days Initiative and Multi-Donor Trust Fund
SEOUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$ 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea towards its school feeding operations in three African countries - Guinea, Rwanda, and Benin. This will help ensure that school aged children have access to school meals, as well as support governments to scale up and improve the quality of their national school feeding programmes
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is facing a major funding shortfall over the next six months threatening its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of food insecure Ethiopians and refugees.
James Beard Award winning chef expands his global advocacy to fight global hunger and food waste
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ today announced that award-winning chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern has been named a Goodwill Ambassador, joining an esteemed group of ambassadors including Kate Hudson, Michael Kors and The Weeknd.
BIRGUNJ ¨C The Government of Nepal, the British Embassy, and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today inaugurated a new Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) in Birgunj, Province 2, as part of the continued effort in strengthening the country¡¯s emergency preparedness and response capacity.
BAMAKO, December 3, 2021 - The Government of Sweden, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF), and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed a four-year programme to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities affected by food insecurity, malnutrition, and the effects of climate change in the Malian regions of Segou and Sikasso.
KABUL ¨C Without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, 3.2 million children in Afghanistan face severe hunger and the life-threatening consequences of malnutrition. Humanitarian needs have increased and around 23 million people need urgent food assistance. Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s funding requirement to meet these needs in 2022 is US$2.6 billion.
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.
YEREVAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Social and Industrial Foodservice Institute (SIFI) have this week celebrated the winner of the ¡°Best Mini Garden in Armenia¡± competition.
Harare ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$5.7 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support people experiencing vulnerability to food insecurity across urban and rural areas. This brings USAID¡¯s contributions to over US$45 million over the last year.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a consignment of fortified vegetable oil worth KES 112.2 million (US$1 million) from the Russian Federation in support of its resilience building activities in the drought-stricken arid counties of Kenya.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C?The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has grown to an estimated 9.4 million as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced today.
DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has started delivering food to Afghanistan from Tajikistan in support of the agency¡¯s emergency response for Afghan families facing hunger this winter.
This is a summary of what was said by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Spokesperson Tomson Phiri ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Geneva ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) calls on all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to respect humanitarian operations and assets and allow unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief to civilians in need.
WASHINGTON DC/PANAMA: Poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence pushed an estimated annual average of 378,000 Central Americans to migrate to the United States over the past five years, highlights a new report launched today. A high price is paid in human and economic costs, including an estimated $2.2 billion a year to travel regularly and irregularly.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a timely and generous contribution of US$19.24 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID-BHA). The funding will help provide life-saving assistance to 181,000 displaced Iraqis and 72,000 Syrian refugees in the form of cash transfers that support their immediate food needs.
BISHKEK - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in the Kyrgyz Republic has launched a digital E-wallet solution as part of its nation-wide cash-based transfer (CBT) programme that supports vulnerable households in urban and peri-urban areas. The initiative was made possible with generous funding from the Government of Switzerland.
Juba¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes US$2 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to foster locally-driven solutions to tackle food systems challenges, driven by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ IGNITE Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa.
Kigali, Rwanda, November 19, 2021 ¡ª To help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kigali-based agriculture start-up AflaSight, and research firm Vanguard Economics today launched two innovative pilot projects aimed at improving maize quality in the country.
NEW DELHI/SHILLONG ¨C The Government of Meghalaya and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have joined forces to reach over two million people through transforming the targeted Public Distribution System. The partnership will help Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the government to work together towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger.
