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WFP and Unilever Food Solutions raised Php400K to support school meals program in Central Mindanao

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Flow Galindez

According to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director Stephen Anderson, it takes Php10 to provide a kid with a warm and nutritious meal and with the success of the Sandwich Heroes campaign that the Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) launched last October 2011 up to January 2012, they will be feeding around 40, 000 [...]

World Bank and World Food Programme releases a study on the impact of conflict and displacement in Central Mindanao

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Cycles of violent conflict in Central Mindanao have resulted in the mass displacement of nearly a million people from their homes over the past 12 years. In 2003, tens of thousands were displaced by armed conflict and, more recently, thousands of families had to leave their homes yet again when fighting escalated in parts of [...]

JICA joins WFP in supporting Sendong survivors in remote Iligan villages

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Flow Galindez

It’s been 5 months since Typhoon Sendong (Washi) struck the northern and central part of Mindanao where most affected area includes Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Together with Local Government Units (LGUs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and other private sectors and agencies like the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) joins the crusade in helping the [...]

Celebrity mom Marion Caunter joins WFP supporting mother and child health and nutrition in Asia

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Flow Galindez

In line with the International Women’s Day, World Food Programme launches a campaign for Asia in support for mother and child health and nutrition. Headlined as “One Child. One Life. One Chance”, WFP aims to raise support for their nutrition program for mothers and children in Asia with the support of E! News Asia host [...]

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 [...]

WFP supports DSWD in extending the use of state-of-the-art information technology for Disaster Response and Preparedness

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Flow Galindez

In line with the disaster preparedness campaign, World Food Programme (WFP) handed over four lap-top computers, one tower server and one blade server, with a total value of around PhP 650,000 to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last March 1. It is part of the grant given by the United States Agency [...]

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 [...]