Diskusi Ahli Tanggap Bencana Gunung Sinabung Tentang Peningkatan Untuk Operasi Kedaruratan Di Masa Mendatang
Pengalaman tanggap darurat pada saat letusan Gunung Sinabung belakangan ini akan membantu para ahli tanggap darurat untuk membuat perencanaan yang lebih baik dalam memberikan bantuan untuk potensi bencana lainnya, seperti Gunung Slamet, hal ini dikutip dari petinggi pemerintah Indonesia dan Program Pangan Dunia PBB (UN-WFP).
Mount Sinabung Disaster Response Experts Discuss Improvements For Emergency Operations
MEDAN - The experience of emergency responders during the recent eruptions of Mount Sinabung volcano will help experts to better plan assistance for other potential disasters, such as Mount Slamet, high-level government officials and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday.
WFP Humanitarian Convoy Delivers Food To Gaza Through Egypt's Rafah Crossing
GAZA - For the first time since 2007, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip today, carrying enough food to feed around 150,000 people for five days.
Colombia: The Effects of Drought in La Guajira
The prolonged drought in the Department of La Guajira in recent years has exacerbated the levels of undernutrition within the population, including children under 5 years of age. La Guajira is currently on alert due to the prevalent effects of food scarcity, lack of water and livelihoods insecurity. The World Food Programme (WFP) offers its support to the Government of Colombia.
Latest Bangladesh Poverty Maps Launched By BBS, World Bank And WFP
DHAKA - The Honourable State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning, M.A. Mannan MP, today launched the Bangladesh Poverty Maps 2010. This is the third generation of poverty maps in Bangladesh, which is an important statistical instrument for estimating the poverty incidence up to sub-district (upazila) levels.
Swaziland is moving towards commercial farming
In a major effort to revitalize agriculture in Swaziland, the government, the European Union and FAO have helped over 20,000 smallholder farmers produce more, higher-quality food and connect with new markets. Agriculture is on its way to become a key driver of Swaziland's development.
WFP's Response To Ebola Emergency
The UN World Food Programme is responding to the Ebola virus outbreak with a regional operation which aims to provide food to 1.3 million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. WFP is bringing food for people under treatment, their relatives, and people under medical quarantine. WFP is also assisting the wider humanitarian community with logistics, helping other organisations to get aid workers and critical supplies into the affected areas. Donate here
WFP Lifeline Operation To Feed Displaced Iraqis Reaches Over 700,000 People
KARBALA, IRAQ - Food aid convoys from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have reached displaced Iraqis in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, bringing the number of people receiving food assistance to over 700,000 people since the start of violence in mid-June.
Oysterbay Farmers Market Celebrates One Year
In June 2013, WFP, in collaboration with Dar es Salaam-based Italian NGO CEFA, launched an initiative to mobilize the urban community around local food production. One year on and the Oysterbay Farmers Market has become a regular feature of Dar es Salaam life. Some 25 vendors set up stalls on the last Saturday of every month, selling fruit and vegetables, pastries, chocolate, coffee and cheese in an open-air courtyard next to the ocean. All the goods are produced in Tanzania and come from as nearby as the city centre, and from as far as Moshi, at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro.
WFP Starts Food Distributions Following Floods In Kurigram, Sirajganj And Jamalpur
DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing biscuits fortified with micronutrients to more than 30,000 people severely affected by recent floods in six upazilas of Kurigram, and one upazila each in Sirajganj and Jamalpur. WFP is working in coordination with the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and local government.