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Mauritania: school meals, refugee aid lack funding

As the hunger crisis deepens in eight countries of the Sahel region of Africa, humanitarian aid should be increasing. This is not the case though...
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Romney-Obama battleground state suffering from hunger crisis

Summer is coming and all eyes will be on Ohio since it's the battleground state in the Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney presidential showdown...
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Haiti: drought, low funding threaten school meals program

It's been over two years since the earthquake struck Haiti. Now, with a massive hunger crisis unfolding onmultiple fronts in Africa,the Middle...
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School feeding vital to Ethiopia as drought revisits region

Lack of rainfall is placing Ethiopia at risk of a severe hunger crisis in the coming months. This development comes on the heels of last year's...
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Fighting hunger in America and the Penny Lunch tradition

Hunger is on the rise in America. The Conference of Mayors recently reported that 86 percent of surveyed cities have seen increases in the need for...
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Drought afflicted Niger receives donation for school feeding

The UN World Food Programme (WFP)in Nigerrecently receivedfunding from donorsto provide school meals through May. Niger is one of the countries...
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School meals vital for Kenya's recovery from drought

In my recent Cincinnati Enquirer oped I talked about how school breakfast makes a difference for hungry and malnourished children in Kenya. This...
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Sahel Food Crisis: An Interview with Célestine Ouédraogo of WFP in Burkina Faso

With the food crisis escalating in the Sahel region of Africa, it's urgent that children be protected from hunger and kept in school.In Burkina...
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Sahel food crisis: an interview with Aboubacar Guindo of WFP in Mali

Almost nine million people urgently need food assistance in the Sahel region of Africa following a severe drought. And time is running out to...
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Mauritania school meals run out as drought, high prices strike

The hunger emergency in the Sahel region of Africa is fast escalating. Drought and high food prices are taking their toll among millions of already...
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