A WFP-chartered plane carrying 80 tons of food was scheduled to arrive in Tunisia on Monday as the UN food aid agency pushes ahead with plans to respond to food needs arising in the region as a result of the ongoing civil unrest in Libya.

Originally posted from WFP Flies In Food For Migrant Workers Fleeing Libya

After learning that families in Pakistan had been driven from their homes by flooding, 9-year-old Emilie decided that she wanted to help. So she started selling lemonade and gave a speech at a local church. In just a few days, Emilie had raised US $700—enough to feed some 2,800 children in Pakistan.

Originally posted from Enterprising Girl Feeds 2,800 Kids In Pakistan

Soaring food prices over the past few months are taking their heaviest toll in countries like Bolivia and Kyrgyzstan, which depend on global markets for food staples and where families spend more than half their income on food.

Originally posted from High Food Prices: The Situation In Six Countries

Rising food prices mean that the World Food Programme has to pay more for the food it purchases on the open market.   If we cannot mobilise extra resources to cover the higher cost of food, then our purchasing power will diminish and we will have less food to feed the hungry.

Originally posted from How Is WFP Affected By Rising Food Prices?

An innovative new food product made entirely in Pakistan is helping to protect the youngest of that country’s flood victims from malnutrition. Made from locally grown chickpeas, ‘Wawa Mum’ shows that supplying technical knowhow can be the key to effective local solutions to malnutrition. Watch video

Originally posted from Homespun Response To Malnutrition Deployed In Pakistan

Nyipher used to struggle in school. She had trouble paying attention and she’d fall asleep in class. A 14-year-old girl growing up in the slums of Nairobi, her problem wasn’t laziness—it was hunger. Then her school started serving meals at lunch and Nyipher rose to the top of her class. Now, she’s thinking about college and beyond.

Originally posted from Kenya: School Meals Help Girl Rise To Top Of Her Class

Nicole Menage, a New Yorker who recently took over as WFP’s country director in Nepal, reckons she was pretty lucky with her choice of life partner. Her Italian husband Carlo has followed her around the world, looking after their children so she could pursue her career dreams with WFP.

Originally posted from WFP Woman Explains How Relationship Survived Nomadic Lifestyle

As South Sudan moves towards independence and southerners look to build up business and commerce, traffic on the region’s roads is likely to get heavier. That makes the road rehabilitation work being carried out by WFP’s logistics team more crucial than ever.

Originally posted from South Sudan: Road Work Paves The Way To Future

As South Sudan moves towards independence and southerners look to build up business and commerce, traffic on the region’s roads is likely to get heavier. That makes the road rehabilitation work being carried out by WFP’s logistics team more crucial than ever.

Originally posted from South Sudan: Road Work Paves The Way To Future

When fighting broke out in Cote d’Ivoire after the contested presidential elections, Nadine, a pregnant mother of three, fled to Liberia. But her husband stayed behind to protect their home and she hasn’t heard from him since. Nadine and her kids are among thousands of refugees surviving on food aid while they wait to go home.

Originally posted from Cote d’Ivoire: Refugee Mother Fears For Husband And Home