Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan (Blogcritics.org)
An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future. In this next interview in the "Ending World Hunger" series, we will look at school feeding programs in Bhutan. Located between India and China, Bhutan is often victimized by natural disasters like flooding. The rainy season can even close road access to remote communities for up to six months. The United Nations World Food ...
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East Africa: millions face hunger and poverty amid drought and food prices hike (Channel 4)
Millions of people across East Africa are facing starvation and dire poverty as rising food prices and a drought leave them without food.
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Interview with Napo Ntlou of the United Nations World Food Programme in Lesotho (Blogcritics.org)
Napo Ntlou of the United Nations World Food Programme discusses the importance of school feeding programs in Lesotho. In the African nation of Lesotho, drought and soil erosion have caused havoc in recent years, harming food production. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is helping Lesotho combat the resulting hunger and poverty, training farmers how to boost food production under ...
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Anglican bishops lead 'poverty march' through London - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
London - Hundreds of Anglican bishops led a protest march through central London Thursday urging world governments to show the political will to fulfil pledges of eradicating global poverty by 2015. The colourful march, which turned the government ...
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'High world oil, food prices made worse by bad governance' (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
By ISAGANI DE CASTRO JR. abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak Three days before President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address in Congress, former Cabinet members and senior officials said Friday that it’s not just high world oil and food prices that are behind the current socio-economic crisis but Arroyo's bad governance as well.
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East Africa: "Urban Poor the New Face of Hunger" (AllAfrica.com)
The urban poor in the Horn of Africa are the new face of hunger in a region where up to 14.6 million people now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, animal disease, inflation and poverty.
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ADB: Limited success for poverty programs in RP (The Daily Tribune)
The Asian Development Bank said yesterday that its programs aimed at lifting millions of Filipinos out of poverty have only had limited success. “ADB assistance program over the past five years has been successful in meeting its more selective objectives, despite need for improvements.
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Another Inconvenient Truth: Biofuels drive hunger and are not the answer to climate or fuel crises says Oxfam (Oxfam)
Today’s biofuel policies are not solving the climate or fuel crises but are instead contributing to food insecurity and inflation, hitting poor people hardest, according to a new report by international agency Oxfam.
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Africa: Unnatural Disaster (AllAfrica.com)
While the mainstream media doesn't always ignore the pressing issue of hunger in Africa, it rarely explores the root causes of this problem.
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DSWD chief: Hunger figures could have been worse (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines - The grim figures on hunger shown in a recent survey could have been much worse due to high world prices of food, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Tuesday.
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