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Calculating Budgets Calculating Lives

As the Senate now debates funding for the Foreign Operations Bill of FY 2012, I am reminded of a passage in the classic Christmas story “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. In this story the ghost of Christmas present scolds Ebenezer because of his attitude toward the poor by saying:

SAFE Stoves: Improving the Lives of Women in Darfur

As part of the World Food Program’s (WFP) extensive humanitarian operation in Darfur, Sudan, women are being provided fuel-efficient cooking stoves that minimize their risk of being attacked, reduce air pollution in their homes and decrease damage to the environment due to fuel collection.

Fleeing Abyei, Pregant Woman Finds Refuge in South Sudan

As South Sudan celebrates its birth as a nation, the new country continues to receive a flow of families displaced by conflict in the contested border area of Abyei. Among the new arrivals is Achok Ajou Cyer, who has taken refuge in the town of Mayen Abun, where she is now receiving WFP assistance.

A Celebration of Mothers and WFP USA Supporters

On Mother's Day weekend, World Food Program USA recognized mothers in a special way. We invited supporters to come out and learn about WFP's work with women and children in Latin America and honored all mothers who seek to provide the best future for their children.

The Food Price Rollercoaster

Want to understand how high food prices really are? And how they're affecting the world's poor? Take a look at this infographic, which also underlines how hikes in food prices mean the poorest families have to make painful savings in areas such as health and schooling for their children.

HIV+ Mother Finds Way Out of Hunger Trap

Until recently, Neri, an HIV+ mother of three, often had to choose between feeding her children and feeding herself. It was an impossible choice and she might have died if she hadn't started receiving food as part of her treatment. She's now healther, better able to care for her family and looking forward to a happy Mother’s Day.

Rickshaw Driver Struggles With High Food Prices

Rising food prices around the world have hit Nepal particularly hard, with the price of staples soaring and no respite in sight. For Nepalese rickshaw driver Binod Majhi, the price hikes have hurt his business and his ability to feed his family.

Ex-Child Soldier Keeps Food Aid Moving in South Sudan

Not too long ago, Mark Diang was a child soldier in southern Sudan. Thankfully, he managed to leave that life behind and he now works for WFP as a security assistant. Last week, he received a special award from WFP for his critical role in negotiating safe passage for urgent food aid along a dangerous river route.

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Fleeing From Libya, Sudanese Mother Finds Safety, Food

Mai and her family are among the tens of thousands of people who have fled violence-torn Libya in recent weeks. Now, they are staying at a transit camp on the Tunisian border, waiting to be evacuated home to Sudan.

South Sudan: Road Work Paves The Way To Future

As South Sudan moves towards independence and southerners look to build up business and commerce, traffic on the region’s roads is likely to get heavier. That makes the road rehabilitation work being carried out by WFP's logistics team more crucial than ever.

Ghanaian Women Go Into Business To Tackle Goiters

A group of businesswomen in the Gbumbgum region of northeastern Ghana has found a route out of poverty through a product which their community badly needs—iodated salt. Iodine deficiency is rampant in Gbumbgum, where the swollen necks of people suffering from goiters are a common sight.

Bolivian Village Cooks Up “Super Food” For Babies

A highly nutritious baby-food made from dried llama meat and other traditional ingredients is providing a locally-produced response to rampant child malnutrition in the Bolivian Andes. Named Kallpawawa, the Quecha word for “super food,” the product has also given the area a much needed economic boost.

Pakistan: One Day In A Mother's Life

Razia and her family were badly hit in the floods that devastated Pakistan last summer. But they're now getting back on their feet. Helped by food assistance from WFP, Razia's life is starting to return to normal. Here's one day in her life - six months after the floods.

Six Months After Floods, Pakistan Family Dreams Of Going Home

Mai Amiran and her family have spent the last six months sleeping in a tent. After the floods last August, their home and farm are still underwater and they can do nothing but wait for the chance to rebuild. They’re among nearly 350,000 people in the southern Sindh province surviving on food aid and unable to return home.

Côte d’Ivoire Family Flees Tensions With $50

As political unrest spread across Cote d’Ivoire after the contested presidential election, Roger, 45, and his family fled to Liberia with their life savings of $50.00. Though the money soon ran out, WFP is making sure that they don’t go hungry while they wait for tensions to ease at home so that they can return.

Côte d'Ivoire: Refugee Mother Bides Her Time In Liberia

When tensions flared over the disputed presidential elections last month in Côte d'Ivoire, Peula Rachele, 31, and her four children fled across the border into neighboring Liberia. WFP has launched an emergency operation to supply them and thousands of other refugees with nutritious food rations.