Sentences with phrase «world food program»

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So far its World Food Program has used the Ethereum network to deliver food vouchers worth 1.4 million US dollars.

With this latest drive to donate meals to children in need around the world, Michael Kors has teamed up with actress Kate Hudson to launch a new activity tracker, the sales of which will go to benefit the United Nations World Food Program.

U.N. World Food Program launched an early stage blockchain project, what it calls «Building Blocks» in Sindh province, Pakistan, (January 2017).

10,000 Syrian refugees waiting for aid at Azraq camp in Jordon received help quite early, but not from the typical white and blue trucks from the United Nations» World Food Program (WFP).

UN World Food Program Partners with Blockchain Startup Devery to Track and Safely Deliver Food to Tunisian School Children

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the Tunisian government, and blockchain startup Devery are working together to implement a system that will track and safely...

Maria Lukyanova, UN World Food Program representative and the Head of Country Office for the Republic of Tunisia, said:

(12/19/2011) Drought and erratic rains could lead to further food scarcities in Africa warns the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

The occasion was graced by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Resident Representative a.i., UNDP Sri Lanka Razina Bilgrami, Ministry Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka, Ismail Omer, Representative, World Food Program Sri Lanka, Beth Crawford, Representative, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sri Lanka, Divi Neguma Additional Director - General and Climate Project Director Jayatilaka Herath, UNDP Acting Assistant Country Director (Environment) Tharuka Dissanaike and representatives from other Government institutions and civil society organisations.

So she asked that OK! Magazine make a sizable donation to the World Food Program (a United Nations program that works to fight child hunger) in exchange for the pictures, which they gladly did.

According to 2012 data from the UN World Food Program 2012, Senegal is chronically vulnerable to natural disasters (particularly drought and flooding), its agricultural sector has declined over time, it imports about 46 % of its food requirements, its ground water tables is falling 20 feet per years in many places, and it is vulnerable to food price spikes.

This activity report covers the achievements of the World food Program in 2006.

As violence ravages their home and life savings disappear, many Syrian refugees are getting a taste of the home with the U.N. World Food Program's (WFP) voucher - based food aid.

Our priorities seem skewed when climate policies promising a minuscule temperature impact will cost $ US1 trillion a year, while the World Food Program's budget is 169 times lower, at $ 5.9 billion.

World Food Program senior spokesman Steve Taravella told us they relied on a report from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

In a tweet, the World Food Program connected the loss of food to global climate change.

The World Food Program tweeted that food waste is the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions.

As it struggles to feed the hungry, the U.N. World Food Program often reminds the public that in the face of great need, there is also great waste.

The U.N.'s World Food Program says it needs $ 500 million in additional funding and supplies, calling the rising costs for food nothing less than a global emergency.

As a result, 14 million people, many of them subsistence farmers, are in danger of going hungry, according to the United Nations» World Food Program.

Here's a small snippet in which Henk - Jan Brinkman, senior adviser for economic policy at the World Food Program, describes how even a short food shock can create long - lasting societal and economic impacts.

The groups working on it include the W.F.P. [World Food Program], the Rockefeller Foundation, local insurers and global re-insurers, local microbanks that lend to farmers and some of Tigray's highly respected community organizations; Oxfam is the equivalent of a general contractor.

We were holding a meeting to assess a project to train farmers in sustainable production methods, a collaboration between the UN World Food Program and the local government in a rural village in Nusa Tenggara Barat province, Indonesia.

FreeRice — FreeRice is an amazing trivia game from the United Nations World Food Program.

Content: FreeRice is a product of the United Nations World Food Program and aims to raise awareness about hunger.

The event brought together musicians and inspirational speakers including emcee, Beverly Todd, Her Excellency Geri Benoit - Preval, Haiti's Ambassador to the U.N. World Food Program & Food Agriculture Organziation, Deepak Chopra, and others.

It's also worth noting that the house is continuing the trend of fashion for a cause, with sales from it's World Food Program - branded products benefiting the charity's fight against hunger.

The United Nations World Food Program is now making good use of the monitoring system.

«We're not out of the woods yet,» says Jennifer Parmalee, spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Program.

Other potential GOP candidates include Oneida County Executive Tony Picente, Oswego County GOP Chairman Michael Backus and Catherine Bertini of Cortland County, the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and Catherine Bertini of Cortland County, the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, could be interested as well, according to the Post-Standard.

Among those who have previously expressed interest or have been rumored to consider a run for the congressional seat are Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr.; Catherine Bertini of Cortland County, the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program; and Oswego County Clerk Michael Backus.

Rose's donates 25 cents per diner to the World Food Program USA.

Personally, the most impressive talk at the conference to me was from Simon Costa (World Food Program).

As a result, the United States is the largest donor of food aid worldwide, and since it sends more than half of all its food aid to the World Food Program (WFP), it is the organization's single most generous supporter.

In December, they attacked a convoy that accompanied trucks from World Food Program, killing four.

Under his leadership TNT rose to the forefront of Corporate Responsibility via a ground - breaking partnership with the UN World Food Program and ambitious CO2 reduction targets from its Planet Me initiative, holding multiple - year top - ranking positions in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Those interested in donating can make contributions to the American Red Cross through Apple's (AAPL) iTunes, or can go directly to the websites of the Philippine Red Cross, the World Food Program, UNICEF and CARE.

«Their livelihoods have been, and will be, severely affected,» Ronald Tran Ba Huy, the World Food Program's (WFP) country director, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Lauren Bush, founder of FEED, the initiative to fight world hunger on behalf of the UN World Food Program, was only a student when she started her company, but through her determination and willingness to adapt she was able to build a multi-million dollar business.

Zuckerberg also discussed Facebook's $ 1.5 million donation to organizations doing hurricane relief like the World Food Program as well as it sending a «connectivity team» to the island to help restore telecommunication services.

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The global dissemination of genetically modified foods by Monsanto is part of a secret program, called Agenda 21, launched by the Rockefeller and Ford foundations to shrink the world populations.

John is also Founder of the THRIVE Venture & Innovation Plaform, a program which brings together startups, growers and corporations from around the world to advance the future of food & agriculture through the implementation of new technology.

«These classes were so successful at generating interest in and potential real - world solutions for advancing plant - based foods that in August 2017 UC - B launched an entire, permanent «Program for Meat Alternatives» that will expand their efforts to explore this field, starting with a class entitled «Plant - based Meat 2.0.»»

That strategy — when combined with wise food choices, a smart exercise program, and world - class coaching — helped nearly 100,000 clients drop nearly 2,000,000 pounds of body fat.

The UN Environment Program has launched a new campaign that they hope will equip both governments, big businesses and communities to help stem the world's food waste problem.

The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

This year, we have attended 18 different meetings and trade shows because we're trying to educate the industry that good food safety programs aren't just nice to have, but it's a must have in today's world.»

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