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As the United Nations Security Council voted to increase its peacekeeping presence in the earthquake ravaged nation of Haiti, its existing force continued their food distribution, delivering rations to sometimes unruly crowds desperate for aid.
Jordanian soldiers doled out boxes of food from the World Food Programme (WFP), while struggling to reign in the multitudes in Cite Soleil, one of the Haitian capital's poorest neighborhoods.
Since the earthquake struck, more than 270,000 ready-to-eat food rations have been distributed by WFP and the United States military. With immediate food needs so great, WFP appealed to military leaders worldwide to donate 100 million ready-to-eat meals to sustain this vital lifeline.
Haiti's earthquake has leveled buildings, including homes, schools and hospitals, damaged roads and other vital infrastructure, and left one third of the country's nine million people in need of food, water, shelter, medical assistance and other urgent aid.
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The global financial crises is affecting us all but let's consider a human rescue plan as well!
Sean Penn stars in this video made by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)The global financial crises is affecting us all but let's consider a human rescue... more
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As the number of Zimbabweans dependent on food aid rises, and donations to fund the World Food Programme fall short of this demand, the United Nations announced it has to cut food rations in half, from 10kg to 5kg of maize a month. That means that the core maize ration will supply just 600 calories a day -- less that enough to keep an adult alive -- for 7 million Zimbaweans (70% of the people still in the country).
These staggering numbers dependent on food aid are a result of years of crop failures, mostly due to the government's seizure of white-owned farms and the collapse of the economy and infrastructure. And hyperinflation has basically wiped out the value of Zimbabwe's currency so the unemployed and desperate are unable to afford even basic food staples at the shops.As the number of Zimbabweans dependent on food aid rises, and donations to fund the... more
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The World Food Programme says it has had no response at all to its $140m appeal to feed Zimbabwe.
WFP warns that food will run out entirely by January unless fresh support is provided, as it takes six weeks to reach rural areas.
Up to half the 10m population could need food before the next harvest is expected in April, donors say.
The agency says it has cut each person's monthly cereal ration to 10kg (22lb) from 12kg, and pulse ration to 1kg from 1.8kg, to make current stocks last longer.The World Food Programme says it has had no response at all to its $140m appeal to... more
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There is not a food crisis in Indonesia -- at least not yet. But the rise in food prices and other basic goods is hitting the poor the hardest. More than half of Indonesia's 235 million are poor. Many make less than $2 a day. In May, economists warned that rising food prices could reverse gains made in reducing poverty made across Asia. Jonathan Jones and Anna Sussman travel to Jakarta to visit low income neighborhoods, as well as rice wholesale and retail markets, and meet with World Food Program officials to find out how Indonesians have been affected by the rise in global food prices.There is not a food crisis in Indonesia -- at least not yet. But the rise in food... more
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