The World Food Program is the world’s largest humanitarian agency whose mission is to combat hunger worldwide.
Currently, there are 1 billion people who go to bed hungry every night, which is approximately one sixth of the world’s population. Of the total number of people who are hungry in the world, over half are in Asia and the Pacific with a quarter in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Recently the existing economic crisis has made it more difficult to extend assistance to these areas. As a result:
-Some governments have been less willing to fund food assistance
-Families in poor countries receive less money from relatives working abroad
-Poor families pull children out of school and buy less nutritious food
Fortunately, the WFP has established 5 strategic objectives to get the job done!
1. Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies
2. Prevent acute hunger and invest in disaster preparedness and mitigation measures
3. Restore and rebuild lives and livelihoods in post-conflict, post-disaster or transition situations
4. Reduce chronic hunger and undernourishment
5. Strengthen the capacities of countries to reduce hunger, including through hand-over strategies and local purchase
But we need everyone to join in and be a part of the help!
- Become a WFP Fan on Facebook. Go to WFP Facebook Page
- Tweet hunger facts to friends
- Put up a picture on “the wall against hunger”
- make a video about hunger- Join the Hunger Bytes competition and much more..
Learn more about WFP’s A Billion for a Billion digital campaign and become one of the billion online users to help solve world hunger.
