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WFP reaches deal to supply food to 185,000 children in Venezuela April 21, 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, food kits are delivered to prioritized communities in Venezuela. — courtesy UNICEF/Alajandra Pocaterra GENEVA — The UN World Food Program (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to begin operations to provide the most vulnerable children in the South American country with nutritious school meals, it announced on ...

UN agency to provide food assistance for Venezuelan children April 19, 2021 GMT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The food assistance agency of the United Nations announced Monday that it will begin operations in Venezuela after reaching an agreement with the South American nation’s government. The efforts of the World Food Program will focus on feeding children in the areas with the highest prevalence of food insecurity. The agency plans to gradually expand programs to reach 1.5 million children b...

Slowdown caused by Covid not putting brake on climate change ​ By IANS | ​ 1 Views Global Covid-19 caseload tops 116 mn. Image Source: IANS News Geneva, April 20 : The Covid-19-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts, said a UN report. The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record, with the global average temperature being about 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, said the report on the State of the Gl...

Child Day Care Provider Child day care includes center-based and home-based operations that provide care for children 13 years or younger for less than 24 hours a day while parents or guardians are at work or school. This includes Child Care Centers, School-age Program, Before or After-School Programs, Licensed Child Care Homes, Registered Child Care Homes, and Listed Family Homes. Clarification of Minimum Standards Related to CCDBG Requirements (Each lasts approximately 10 minutes and do not c...

US donates $95 million to fight hunger in South Sudan The United States government on Thursday announced a donation of US$95 million to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to help fight hunger in South Sudan. This funding includes more than $52 million from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and nearly $43 million from the U.S. Department of State. It brings the total US humanitarian assistance to more than $482 million so far in Fiscal Year 2021. The US says the money will assist ...

Posted on 235 CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it was awarded a seven-year task order, with a ceiling value of $376 million, to provide mission technology to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sustain and modernize the department’s Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system, which supports domestic and international food and nutrition programs administered by the USDA and USAID. Under the task order...

CACI International confirms its win of a $376 million system modernization task order with the Agriculture Department.

Updated 12 April 2021 April 12, 2021 03:01 TRIPOLI: Under a yellow tarpaulin stretched over an arched metal frame, Siraj Bechiya and his partner inspect their hydroponically grown lettuce, pioneers of the method in mostly desert Libya where conventional agriculture struggles. Zip ties, punctured plastic cups as pots and PVC tubing bought in DIY shops hold the precious crops at “Green Paradise” — so dubbed by the two young Libyan entrepreneurs spearheading the project. But the ad hoc natu...

Follow RT on The widow of late Arizona Senator (and fervent Trump critic) John McCain is reportedly poised to become ambassador to the US at the UN World Food Program. A deliberate slap in the face to Trump, or an innocent posting? Cindy McCain, who broke party lines in September to endorse President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, has allegedly been appointed ambassador to the UN program, according to several sources cited by Politico on Monday. She and the couple’s daughter Meghan a...

White House mum on report that Biden will nominate Cindy McCain to ambassadorship Follow Us Question of the Day In this Jan. 13, 2020, photo Cindy McCain, wife of former Arizona Sen. John McCain, waves to the crowd after being acknowledged by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey during his State of the State address on the opening day of ... more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - M...