The United Nations
World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian aid
agency on the planet. Thanks to the work of WFP and thousands
of NGOs, the number of hungry people in the world has dropped
from one in three in 1960 to less than one in seven today. Last
year; WFP helped feed 77 million people in 82 countries. WFP
aims to save lives and alleviate poverty -particularly that
of women and childrenócaused by war, drought, economic failure,
oppression, political unrest, and hiv/aids. An apolitical agency,
WFP is entirely funded by voluntary donations from national
governments, organizations and individuals. To make an online
donation or to find a mailing address for cash donations,
visit www.wfp.org
The World Food Programme collaborates with other UN agencies
and over 1,000 NGOs worldwide, which implement many of the projects
supported with WFP food aid. We would like to thank the following
organizations and people whose vital work allows food aid to
reach the people who need it and who provided us with support
and assistance in the making of HUNGER.
Guinea UNHCR-Kola Refugee Camp/Gueckedou
Women's Collective Sierra Leone
Zenith Community Education Center/INTERWOSTRACK/GOAL/The residents
of Grafton and Jui Resettlement Camps Afghanistan
The Ministry of Women's Affairs/The Ashuqan and Arifan School/UNHCR
Cambodia Pour Un Sourire d'Enfant
(For the Smile of a Child)/Women's Crisis Center/Sisters of
Charity/Partners in Compassion/Siem Reap Provincial Rehabilitation
Center/ Handicap International.
The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes the publication
of HUNGER as part of its ongoing work to highlight the situation
of the world's 800 million hungry people. The views, opinions
and information expressed in HUNGER do not necessarily reflect
those of the WFP. Some of the names of the people featured have
been changed for their own protection.
