World Food Program

UN: Yemen Cholera Cases May Pass 300,000

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen could infect more than 300,000 people by the end of August, up from nearly 193,000 cases today, the United Nations said Friday. "Probably at the end of August we will reach 300,000" cases, U.N. children's agency spokeswoman Meritxell Relano told reporters in Geneva during a conference call. Since the outbreak was declared in April,Read more

World Food Program asks for 113$ to help refugees

Bagdad – Naglaa El Ta’ee

For helping over million refugees ,World Food Program (WFP) confirmed the need for almost 113 millions dollars. Iraqi media presenter Suheir al-Qaisi and the vice president of the program Maha Ahmed from Erbil, Kurdistan ,also confirmed the need for urgent help . Head of Foreign Relations’ Department in Kurdistan , Falah Mustafa confirmed during a press conference ,that theRead more

U.N. Struggles to Raise Funds to Avert Famine in Somalia

United Nations - Arab Today

The United Nations has raised less than a third of the funding needed to prevent famine in Somalia, a spokesman has said, ahead of a Security Council meeting on the crisis in the drought-hit country. The humanitarian crisis is worsening in Somalia with more than 300 deaths from cholera and diarrhea since the beginning of the year, according to U.N. figures.Read more

Nasr probes expanding EU school feeding programs

Cairo - Arab Today

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr discussed on Saturday with representatives from the European Union and World Food Program expanding school feeding programs in the country. The meeting came within the framework of an EU-funded program that aims at spreading child education and fight child labor. With a cost of Euros 60 million, the EU program contributed to declining theRead more

Kingdom distributes 30,000 food baskets in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Riyadh - Arab Today

The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) on Friday distributed 30,000 food baskets to needy families in all governorates of Hodeidah in Yemen. An estimated 180,000 people are expected to benefit from this relief, bringing the total number of beneficiaries from such aid programs until October to 400,000 as a result of joint efforts from local andRead more

WFP gets ready to provide food aid to anticipated displaced people from Mosul

Geneva - Arab Today

World Food Program Spokesperson Bettina Luescher said the organization is ready to respond to the urgent food needs of civilians who are expected to be displaced from the Iraqi city of Mosul as a result of ongoing battle to liberate the city from the grip of Daesh terrorist group. At a press conference held here on Tuesday, Luescher said WFPRead more

UN worried over attacks on aid convoys in hurricane-hit Haiti

Port-Au-Prince - Arab Today

The United Nations is concerned at the rise in looting and attacks targeting emergency aid deliveries in hurricane-ravaged Haiti, a UN official told AFP on Sunday. Food, medicine and other essential aid has been slow to reach many hard-hit areas. Some desperate Haitians have taken to blocking parts of the road crossing the southern peninsula to intercept humanitarian convoys, inRead more