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Dubai Holding and United Nations World Food Programme partner to feed children across the region
11 Apr, 2021
Dubai Holding, a diversified global holding company with a presence in over 13 countries, today announced its strategic partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and world s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger and promoting food security. The year-long partnership is aimed at supporting child nutrition in countries across the region including Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
Under this strategic partnership, Dubai Holding will kick off the first joint campaign ‘A Meal for a Brighter Tomorrow’ this Ramadan up until Eid Al Adha, pledging to enable school meals to reach children in need. This campaign marks Dubai Holding’s first unified Ramadan campaign as a Group, encompassing all of its businesses, communities and destinations while mobilising employees and the wider community
April 5, 2021 at 11:35 am IST
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According to the United Nations, the World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing emergency food assistance to vulnerable people in Tigray.
As per its estimations, WFP will need around $170 million to meet nutritional demands over the next six months.
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The conflict has led to deaths in thousands, 2mn displacements
Tigray has been at the center of a conflict since last year when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive against the regional ruling party on November 4.
8 April 2021 Funding gap forces World Food Programme to cut food rations in South Sudan JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is cutting food rations for refugees and internally displaced people in the country due to significant funding gaps.
The rations will be reduced from this month and affect nearly 700,000 refugees and internally displaced people who will now receive 50 percent of a full ration, down from 70 percent. A full ration provides 2,100 kilocalories per person and 50 percent is 1,050 kilocalories.
“It is a very painful decision to take from the hungry to give to the starving, but this is the reality; because of the alarming rise of food insecurity in remote locations, WFP has to reduce the size of its rations in some communities, including refugees and internally displaced people, which are in a less precarious situation,” said Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Representative and Country Director in South Sudan.