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DILI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$200,000 from the Government of New Zealand towards its response for families affected by the worst flooding Timor-Leste has seen in decades.
“New Zealand is a long-standing partner of WFP and providing humanitarian assistance is one of our priority areas. The spread of COVID-19 in Timor-Leste and the floods has made it difficult for women and children to access adequate and nutritious food,” said Ambassador Philip Hewitt. “With this contribution, we will be able to sustain the lives of families who are living in emergency conditions.”
On 4 April 2021, the island nation of 1.3 million was hit by torrential rains brought by Cyclone Seroja. More than 25,000 households across all 13 municipalities were affected by rains and floods. Of these, 83 percent were located in Dili, the capital. The disaster also caused damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure and large areas of agricultu
Republic of Korea contributes US$400,000 for WFP emergency response in Tigray
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ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$400,000 contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea to our operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region to help provide food and nutrition support for thousands of people displaced by conflict.
The Republic of Korea’s donation will contribute to WFP’s emergency response that aims to reach up to 2.1 million people with urgently needed food and nutrition assistance. A total of 5.2 million people, or 91 percent of Tigray’s entire population, are in need of emergency food assistance due to conflict.
16 May 2021
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DILI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$200,000 from the Government of New Zealand towards its response for families affected by the worst flooding Timor-Leste has seen in decades.
“New Zealand is a long-standing partner of WFP and providing humanitarian assistance is one of our priority areas. The spread of COVID-19 in Timor-Leste and the floods has made it difficult for women and children to access adequate and nutritious food,” said Ambassador Philip Hewitt. “With this contribution, we will be able to sustain the lives of families who are living in emergency conditions.”
On 4 April 2021, the island nation of 1.3 million was hit by torrential rains brought by Cyclone Seroja. More than 25,000 households across all 13 municipalities were affected by rains and floods. Of these, 83 percent were located in Dili, the capital. The disaster also caused damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure and large areas of agricultural la
Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises
WFP/Marco Frattini, Child eating PlumpySup to treat moderate acute malnutrition (MAM).
ROME - The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) - an international alliance of the UN, the EU, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together - has found. Conflict, economic shocks - including due to COVID-19, extreme weather - pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020.