World Food Program

Nasr probes expanding EU school feeding programs

Cairo - Arab Today

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr discussed on Saturday with representatives from the European Union and World Food Program expanding school feeding programs in the country. The meeting came within the framework of an EU-funded program that aims at spreading child education and fight child labor. With a cost of Euros 60 million, the EU program contributed to declining theRead more

Kingdom distributes 30,000 food baskets in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Riyadh - Arab Today

The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) on Friday distributed 30,000 food baskets to needy families in all governorates of Hodeidah in Yemen. An estimated 180,000 people are expected to benefit from this relief, bringing the total number of beneficiaries from such aid programs until October to 400,000 as a result of joint efforts from local andRead more

WFP gets ready to provide food aid to anticipated displaced people from Mosul

Geneva - Arab Today

World Food Program Spokesperson Bettina Luescher said the organization is ready to respond to the urgent food needs of civilians who are expected to be displaced from the Iraqi city of Mosul as a result of ongoing battle to liberate the city from the grip of Daesh terrorist group. At a press conference held here on Tuesday, Luescher said WFPRead more

UN worried over attacks on aid convoys in hurricane-hit Haiti

Port-Au-Prince - Arab Today

The United Nations is concerned at the rise in looting and attacks targeting emergency aid deliveries in hurricane-ravaged Haiti, a UN official told AFP on Sunday. Food, medicine and other essential aid has been slow to reach many hard-hit areas. Some desperate Haitians have taken to blocking parts of the road crossing the southern peninsula to intercept humanitarian convoys, inRead more

Cabinet Information center, World Food Program ink memorandum of understanding

Cairo - MENA

Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center inked a memorandum of understanding with the World Food Program (WFP) for five-year cooperation in five different domains. Head of the center Hossam el Gamal said that a delegation of the WFP visited the center on Tuesday to activate cooperation fields between both sides. Gamal said that the center has good relations withRead more