This article is published in association with United Nations. Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an update on Wednesday. The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought […]Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
February 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an update on Wednesday. The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought […]First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble
January 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. “We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at the World Food Programme (WFP). A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering he witnessed in Gaza is on […]Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans
December 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza. At the end of December, a joint UN convoy […]Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP
June 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the enclave. “Driving through […]G20: €210 million in food assistance for most vulnerable worldwide
November 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, the Commission is stepping up support to help those most affected by the devastating effects of rising food insecurity globally. A new humanitarian aid package of €210 million will be provided in 15 countries to meet their […]How inclusive innovation could transform food systems – and help to end world hunger
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and now the invasion of Ukraine have disrupted global food systems.The World Economic Forum and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization have published a roadmap to […]Can you eat to save the climate?
July 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Chiara Cecchini, Global Shaper, Sunyani Hub, Future Food Institute There’s a growing interest in climate-friendly foods, but consumers find it hard to know if the food choices they make are environmentally sustainable;From ready-made snacks to algae, cacti and […]
