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It takes 5 minutes to feed a child with World Food Programme’s Molly’s World Quiz

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Yesterday, during the special live chat conducted by the World Food Programme with the help of Cisco in New York, I had the chance to meet Molly. She’s a 12-year-old girl from Nairobi, Kenya and dreams to become a nun in the future. With her best friend Yvonne and most of her fellow students at [...]

World Food Programme partners with The Hunger Games

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Before the release of the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games on March 23, the cast and producers are teaming up with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to raise awareness about hunger around the world, with the launch of a video public service announcement and a new website www.wfp.org/hungergames. Lionsgate® and WFP today announced [...]

Pizza Hut & Taco Bell turnover $145K to World Food Programme in support to Typhoon Sendong recovery assistance program

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Flow Galindez

As part of the Yum! Brands annual project entitled World Hunger Relief campaign from November to January, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell had raised Php 6,138,722 or $145, 000 and it will be given to World Food Programme (WFP) in support to its project in Central Mindanao. WFP Country Director and Representative Stephen Anderson together [...]

Help Fight Hunger with WFP’s 6 Degrees of FreeRice Project

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Flow Galindez

World Food Programme (WFP) officially kicks off with the 6 Degrees of FreeRice Project from February 6-11, 2012. The campaign encourages the FreeRice players to encourage six of their friends to join the community site and play the game. This is part of the campaign in the celebration of World FreeRice Week and letting everyone [...]

World Food Programme continues its support for the Typhoon Sendong victims

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Flow Galindez

It’s been a month since Typhoon Sendong (Tropical Storm Washi) struck several areas in Mindanao including Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Bukidnon. World Food Programme with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and other local government units continue its support in helping everyone to recover from the damage brought by Sendong. Most of the [...]

World Food Programme participated at the Sinulog 2012

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Flow Galindez

In line with the partnership of World Food Programme and Cebu-based bread distributor Julie’s Bakeshop the campaign of helping the children of Central Mindanao was brought in the streets of Cebu City for Sinulog 2012. Present in the float were WFP Country Director and Representative Stephen L. Anderson and CEO of Julie’s Bakeshop Joseph Gandionco. [...]

World Food Programme condemns the killing of two staff members and a partner in Central Somalia

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Flow Galindez

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today confirmed the deaths of two staff members and a colleague working for a cooperating partner organisation in Somalia, in an incident that illustrates the risks that humanitarian workers can face while working in one of the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments. The attack [...]

Understanding World Food Programme in Indonesia

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Flow Galindez

Last December 2 when I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia for my On l Off ASEAN Bloggers Exchange, Angeli Mendoza my very supportive partner and coordinator for the World Food Programme – Asia Office who’s based in Thailand manages to work things with the Indonesian office of WFP so I can further understand our campaigns on [...]

Julie’s Bakeshop launches Bayan Sliced Bread for the benefit of World Food Programme

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Flow Galindez

Last November 22, Julie’s Bakeshop officially launches their Bayan Sliced Bread for the benefit of World Food Programme’s Emergency School Feeding (ESF) project in Central Mindanao. The ESF program is an on-site nutritious meals in targeted elementary schools in Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and Maguindanao. With this project Julie’s Bakeshop will be donating [...]

Venus Raj joins World Food Programme, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in turning hunger to hope

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Flow Galindez

Fourth Runner-up Miss Universe 2010 Venus Raj is joining WFP and Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief campaign, the world’s largest private sector fundraising effort to help alleviate hunger and under-nutrition. In the Philippines, more than 165 Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants are raising money during the campaign to help the United Nations World Food [...]