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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The policy, a derivative contract based on a rainfall index, was taken out by Rome-based United Nations World Food Programme for its operations in Ethiopia. CIDA, the World Bank and the World Food Programme will provide parallel funding as requested by the Egyptian government to be used for the key project areas: civil works, community grants and technical assistance as well as school feeding programs. 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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