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WFP Receives $5Million From Korea To Support Drought-Affected Families In Ghana
04 Feb

WFP Receives $5Million From Korea To Support Drought-Affected Families In Ghana

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a $5 million contribution (over GH¢80 million) from the Republic of Korea to provide lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to 187,000 people affected by drought in northern Ghana. This intervention comes at a critical time when soaring food prices and widespread crop and livestock losses due to prolonged dry spells have worsened food insecurity in the region. The hardest-hit areas include Bono, Bono East, Oti, Northern, North-East, Savannah, Upper East, and Upper West, with an estimated one million people (approximately 3% of Ghana’s total population) impacted. “The prolonged dry spell in…
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Ending Hunger: The Role Of World Food Programme
04 Sep

Ending Hunger: The Role Of World Food Programme

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In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the past. However, conflict, climate change, disasters, inequality and – most recently – the COVID-19 pandemic mean one in ten people globally are still going to bed hungry and famine looms for millions. One institution with the core mandate of ensuring hunger is a thing of the past is the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP). WFP has a presence in over 120 countries working towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 which seeks to end hunger, achieve food…
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