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The Right Choice For USAID

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usaid, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Obama Administration, Usaid Policy, World Food Programme, Dr. Shah, Catherine Bertini, Global Fund for Aids Tb and Malaria, Global Development Program, The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa, Politics News

The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah to lead USAID is a tremendous choice that underscores the Obama Administration's commitment to the vital role development plays in foreign policy and to the rebuilding of this vital agency.

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The 'Fat Map': Putting World Hunger Into Perspective

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Starvation, The Fat Map, Hunger, World Food Programme, Princess Haya, World Hunger, Fat Map, World News

Hunger now scars the lives of over 1 billion people -- a new record.

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World Food Programme Asks Billion People For One Euro To Beat Hunger

Reuters | Daniel Flynn | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Fill the Cup, World Food Programme, World News

he World Food Programme, facing a major funding shortfall as donor governments are hit by the financial crisis, is appealing directly to one billion i...

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Protect the Protectors

Kathleen Cravero | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Hutus, United Nations, Africa, Burundi, International Humanitarian Day, World Food Programme, Unicef, Tutsis, Aid Workers, World News

For all the humanitarian workers killed in the past ten years, not one investigation has reached a clear conclusion after which someone was punished. Nor has any government been held accountable.

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Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allow Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

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One Billion Hungry, Food Aid At 20-Year Low

Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Hunger, World Food Programme, World Hunger, United Nations, Impact News

Yahoo! News: LONDON (Reuters) - Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ev...

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25 Years After Band Aid, Diminished Foreign Aid and Drought Threaten Ethiopia's Food Security

Chloe Malle | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Band Aid, Ethiopia, Kenya, Bob Geldof, United Nations, Famine, G-8, East Africa, Somalia, World Food Programme, Meles-Zenawi, World News

International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: G8, Trade Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Agribusiness, World Food Programme, UN Office for Partnerships, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Usaid, World Economic Forum, Fao, State Universities, Land Grant Colleges, Business News

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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UN World Food Program Faces 'Dire Shortage'

BBC News | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Crisis, Global Food Crisis, United Nations Food Agency, Food Crisis, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Starvation, Global Food Prices, Famine, Food Politics, Global Food, Food, World Food Programme, Advocacy, World News

The UN food agency says it is facing critical funding shortages that have forced it to cut aid deliveries to millions of people facing starvation....

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A New Approach to Global Problem-Solving

John W. McArthur | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Pyongyang, Columbia University, Climate Change, G8 Summit, Kabul, Obama Administration, Tehran, World Food Programme, Earth Institute, H1n1, World News

Obama's critics must ask: Which among macroeconomic coordination, food production, energy, climate change, or disease control could be considered optional at this stage?

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Taking on the Global Food Challenge

Nancy E Roman | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, World Hunger, G8 Summit, Food Politics, The Giving Life, World Food Programme, Living News

Food assistance is an investment: An investment in stability and world peace.

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How The Internet Could Feed The Hungry

Josette Sheeran | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Hunger, World Food Programme, World Hunger, Ending World Hunger, Service, The Giving Life, Living News

A billion people go to sleep hungry every night. There are also more than a billion people today fortunate enough to have access to the internet. You are one of them.

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130 Million Dollars

Greg Barrow | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hunger, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Cristiana Ronaldo, Uefa-Champions-League, Cambodia, Liberia, World Food Programme, Kaka, Swaziland, Ronaldo, Living News

We could use it right now to feed 8.6 million hungry mouths in Ethiopia through to the end of the year. We really need it right now in Pakistan where it would cover a gaping hole in our budget and give us the cash we need to feed more. It can also buy you arguably the best soccer player in the world.

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Zimbabwe Cholera Cases Reaching 100,000

Mail And Guardian | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe, Health, Red Cross Zimbabwe, Red Cross, Cholera, World Food Programme, Foreign Affairs, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Cholera, Advocacy, World News

The cholera infection rate in Zimbabwe is nearing the 100 000 mark in Africa's worst outbreak in 15 years, aid agencies said on Tuesday. ...

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Hunger Is A Winnable Battle

Josette Sheeran | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Global Hunger, Wfp, Senator George Mcgovern, Little Red Cup, World Food Programme, George Mcgovern, Living News

In the two years I've been head of the World Food Programme, I've learned a number of things. Most importantly, however, is that a winnable problem that we can all help solve.

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The Power of Youth and the Winnable Battle Against Global Hunger

Drew Barrymore | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Hunger, All for Good, World Food Programme, Celebrities Talk Politics, World Hunger, Drew Barrymore, The Giving Life, Living News

If our youth don't have the priorities to help others, we are in trouble. If children who need and fundamentally deserve that right for food and education, don't get it, we are in trouble.

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Fueling Humanitarian Aid

Carolyn Makinson | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Women's Refugee Commission, World Food Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, World News

It is no longer acceptable for the humanitarian system to distribute dried beans and expect women to risk being attacked and even raped as they collect the firewood they need to cook.

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4 Somali Aid Workers Kidnapped

Daily Nation | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia Al-Shabab, Aid Worker Kidnapped, United Nations Development Programme, Somalia, Al Shabaab, Al Shabab, Somali Aid Workers, World Food Programme, Aid Workers, UN World Food Progamme, World News

Four aid workers have been kidnapped in Somalia. The victims are a Somali local staff and three expatriates. The kidnap took place in Wajid district,...

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Gaza War Crimes Go Unpunished: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The Independent | Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel War Crimes, George MItchell, Gaza, The Independent, World Food Programme, Israel, Gaza War Crimes, World News

So that's that then, is it? Gaza is done and dusted? Very satisfying, I'm sure, for the Israeli leadership and their devoted allies at the BBC. But no...

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Afghanistan's Food Shortages To Leave Millions On Brink Of Starvation

Gulf Times | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Humanitarian Crisis Afghanistan, Afghanistan Starvation, Afghanistan Food Shortages, Security Afghanistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Health, World Food Programme, Afghanistan Public Health, Afghanistan Infant Mortality, World News

MORE than 1.6mn children under the age of five and thousands of women could die in 2009 as a result of the lack of food and medical care, particularly...

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Zimbabwe Cholera Will Get Worse With Rain

Telegraph | Peta Thornycroft | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: Cholera Zimbabwe, Oxfam, Zimbabwe, World Food Programme, Zimbabwe Cholera Death Toll, Zimbabwe Cholera, Oxfam Zimbabwe, Cholera Rain, World News

Oxfam has warned the disease, which has already claimed more than 1,000 lives, will soon move beyond densely populated towns. The charity is curren...

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Drew Barrymore Announces $1 Million Donation For World Hunger

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oprah, World Food Programme, Drew Barrymore, Entertainment News

Today on Oprah Drew Barrymore announced she was donating $1 million to the World Food Programme, to which she is an ambassador. From Oprah's website...

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