EU allocates 160 million euros for food aid

Xinhua News Agency;  March 4, 2008 ;     286 words ......allocates 160 million euros for food aid BRUSSELS, March 4 (Xinhua...Africa. It is the first food aid decision for 2008.More funds...meet the needs of the most vulnerable people facing food shortages due to natural...conflicts, the commission said. "Vulnerable ...

BRITAIN: THINK TANK'S CALL TO SCRAP FOOD AID UNDER FIRE

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ......development. Britain spent about $128 million on food aid as of April 1997, including $80 million, shipped as part of European Union food aid, $38.4 million for aid routed through the WFP...In contrast, Washington spent $1 billion on food aid in the same period, as the United ...

U.N. food aid agency boosts help for displaced Colombians

AP Worldstream;  May 28, 2002 ;     260 words ......GENEVA The United Nations food aid agency said Tuesday it was...Colombia to help thousands of vulnerable people displaced by an upsurge in...has got worse and the World Food Program needs to double the...Without our help, the most vulnerable people will die. Berthiaume...the ...

UN begins food aid for half a million Burundians

Xinhua News Agency;  September 20, 2002 ;     194 words ...UN begins food aid for half a million Burundians NAIROBI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN World Food Program (WFP) has started to distribute food aid to assist 535,000 vulnerable people in provinces most affected by insecurity in Burundi. The 5,800 tons of food aid will ...

WFP starts distribution of food aid in Burundi

Xinhua News Agency;  September 20, 2002 ;     182 words ...WFP starts distribution of food aid in Burundi NAIROBI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Program (WFP) has started to distribute 5,800 tons of food aid to assist 535,000 vulnerable people most affected by insecurity...here by WFP on Friday. The food aid will be ...

WFP Starts Relief Food Aid Distribution in Albania

Xinhua English Newswire;  April 21, 1997 ;     106 words ...The World Food Program has started the distribution of emergency food aid to the most vulnerable people in Albania, a U.N. spokesman said today. Noting the distribution started Saturday, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said the food was...volumes of wheat flour allocated to destitute families across the ...

U.S. RESPONSE TO EAST AFRICAN FAMINES AND THE FUTURE OUTLOOK:HON. ANDREW...

Congressional Testimony;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......status of worldwide food security, the role of U.S. food aid programs, and the increasingly...all regions that are vulnerable to under-nutrition...and disease, these vulnerable people can be pushed over the...have learned is that food aid and humanitarian ...

FOOD AID PROGRAMS:JAMES KUNDER

Congressional Testimony;  October 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......our perspective on the changing context of food aid and our proposal for the use of the requested...Second, we will continue to focus emergency food aid on preventing famine and saving lives where...prioritizing the countries that receive emergency food aid. This is a difficult task ...

STATE DEPT.: CONGRESSIONAL AGENCY SEEKS BETTER COORDINATION OF U.S. FOOD...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 22, 2007 ;     668 words ......coordination of aid. "Our primary focus is to get food aid quickly to sudden emergencies to save lives...improve the predictability of nonemergency food aid resources, William Hammink told the Senate...logistical planning, delivery and monitoring of food aid. USDA and USAID both ...

U.N. Appeals for 20.5 Mln Dlrs in Food Aid for Cuba

Xinhua English Newswire;  September 1, 1998 ;     113 words ......WFP) Tuesday appealed to the international community in food aid worth 20.5 million U.S. dollars for Cubans suffering severe...worst drought in decades. About 615,000 victims of the most vulnerable people in Cuba's five eastern provinces urgently need emergency...

-WFP: WFP emergency food aid to 150,000 curtailed by suspension of rail...

M2 Presswire;  November 2, 1998 ;     424 words ......November 1998-WFP: WFP emergency food aid to 150,000 needy people curtailed...Abidjan -- The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that...threatened by the curtailment of food aid deliveries as a result of the suspension...port of Pointe-Noire to receive food aid ...

Red Cross to expand emergency food aid in Africa

Xinhua News Agency;  August 17, 2005 ;     266 words ...Red Cross to expand emergency food aid in Africa GENEVA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation...is expanding its emergency operation to help some 530,000 vulnerable people in the Sahel region of Africa over the next six months. The...

VOA NEWS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM RESUMES DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AID IN ZIMBABWE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2007 ;     214 words ......Zimbabwe and hopes to feed some 1 million of the country's most vulnerable people by the end of this month. Spokesman Richard Lee said the...looking for US$97 million dollars more to cover the cost of food aid distribution through April of next year. Interview With Richard...

Food aid slashed.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 29, 2006 ;     46 words ......people in Sudan's embattled Darfur region because of a shortage of funds. Spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume said: WFP has to cut the food rations to millions of vulnerable people in Sudan. It's scandalous that people don't have enough to eat.

OPEC contributes to food aid operations in Africa

Xinhua News Agency;  February 18, 2003 ;     194 words ...OPEC contributes to food aid operations in Africa MAPUTO, Feb...Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has received 9.2 million...Exporting Countries (OPEC) for emergency food aid operations in southern Africa. According...and corn soya blend for 15 million vulnerable ...