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World Food Programme
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World Food Programme (WFP)

Organization established in 1961 by the United Nations to help alleviate world hunger. The world's largest food-aid organization (providing food aid to some 75 million people annually), the WFP aims to assist the approximately 15% of the world's population that is hungry. Its Food-for-Life program aids victims of both natural and man-made disasters by collecting and transporting food to crisis areas. Contributions of commodities, cash, and services (primarily shipping) help beneficiaries to maintain balanced diets. Its Food-for-Growth programs are directed at vulnerable groups—including children, pregnant and nursing women, and the elderly—and its Food-for-Work program encourages self-reliance by providing food in return for labour. Its headquarters are in Rome.



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He was awarded the Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Award for Research and Education in 1994/1995, the UN World Food Programme Food for Life Award in 2001, and a lifetime achievement award in 2004 by the United Kingdom's Development Studies Association.
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