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Kakuma is a town in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1992. [1] The population of Kakuma town was 60,000 in 2014, having grown from around 8,000 in 1990. In 1991, the camp was established to host unaccompanied minors who had fled the war in Sudan, Somalia and from camps in Ethiopia.
The World Food Programme [a] ( WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization [2] [3] and the leading provider of school meals. [4] Founded in 1961, WFP is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries. [5]
Richard Ragan (born June 10, 1964) is a senior staff member for the United Nations and is currently the United Nations WFP Representative in Yemen. As the Director of Operations, he opened the Liberia Office and managed operations as part of the UN Secretary General's Ebola Emergency Response Mission (UNMEER), and was the UNWFP Emergency Co-ordinator for the 2015 Nepal earthquake response.
The United Nations' World Food Programme on Wednesday said it needed extra funding to help millions of people in West and Central Africa get through the coming months known as the lean season. The ...
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) needs $400 million to feed millions of people in Southern Africa following a drought that plunged parts of the region into hunger, the programme said on Wednesday.
worldfoodprize .org. The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. [3] Conceived by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and established in 1986 through the support of General Foods, the ...
May 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan ...
Magic 1, Star TV, Bryan Morel Publications, U24 and Ugospel. Uganda Broadcasting Corporation ( UBC) is the public broadcaster network of Uganda. It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television ( UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started broadcasting on November 16, 2005. [1]