Blogcritics Author: William Lambers

Interview: Nicolas Babu, School Feeding Program Officer for WFP Madagascar

William Lambers — Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:03:00 EDT

School feeding acts as an incentive to persuade parents to enroll and keep their children in school.
Located off Africa, the island country of Madagascar is often victimized by natural disasters which cause food shortages. In April 2008, Cyclone Ivan struck Madagascar, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) responded with emergency food aid.WFP reports that “more than 70 percent of the population in Madagascar lives below the...

Interview with GianCarlo Cirri, World Food Programme Country Director for Mauritania

William Lambers — Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:42:01 EDT

Approximately 40,000 children were affected by the closure of school canteens in 242 schools in 2007/2008.
Mauritania is a country that has been hit repeatedly by natural disasters in recent years....

Interview: GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director for the World Food Programme in Egypt

William Lambers — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:47:42 EDT

Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) helps fight hunger and poverty in Egypt. School feeding programs are especially critical for most vulnerable children. We will learn more about these programs in the following interview with GianPietro Bordignon, WFP Country Director in Egypt. How many children are benefiting from the WFP school feeding...

Interview with Wilfred Banmbuh, World Food Programme Country Director for the Republic of Congo

William Lambers — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:46:59 EDT

WFP�s goal is for every child in Congo to attend school. Hunger should not be the reason a child is denied an education.
In the Republic of Congo the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provides aid for many who have suffered through the country's internal conflicts. According to WFP, "The repeated armed conflicts that the Republic of Congo experienced during the last decade have worsened the country's precarious food crop production." Food aid is needed to...

Interview with Sara Moussavi, World Food Programme Officer for School Feeding In Sudan

William Lambers — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:44:56 EDT

WFP hopes to see a national school feeding program materialize that will offer school meals to all children in Sudan.
Sudan is suffering from a conflict in the Darfur region that has displaced millions of people. But Darfur is not the only tragedy that has impacted this African nation. Southern Sudan is recovering from decades of civil war. With the chaos of these conflicts come food shortages and the onslaught of hunger. The United Nations World Food Programme...

Interview with Richard Dalrymple, World Food Programme Country Director for Algeria

William Lambers — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:52 EDT

Some of the world's greatest thinkers, including Albert Einstein, were refugees. All children deserve the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and worth.
Algeria has been host to thousands of refugees who fled the conflict in Western Sahara in 1975. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) helps provide food to these refugees, including school meals. In the following interview with Richard Dalrymple, WFP country director for Algeria, we will look at this school feeding program and its...

UN World Food Programme's School Feeding Initiative in S�o Tomé and Pr�ncipe

William Lambers — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:40:14 EDT

School feeding is an important way to save children at risk of abuse, oppression, and a life of illiteracy, crime and homelessness.
Many children in São Tomé and Príncipe go to school hungry, often having to walk long distances just to get to class. Located off the Western coast of Africa, São Tomé and Príncipe is described by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as “both a least developed and low-income, food-deficit...

Interview: Emily Doe, UN World Food Programme Officer, Democratic Republic of the Congo

William Lambers — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:57:19 EDT

Parents depend heavily on school feeding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide daily meals for their children.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has suffered enormously from armed conflict within its borders. Millions of lives have been lost. Many others have been forced to flee fighting in different sections of the country. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), “Nearly one million people are estimated to be displaced in North...

Interview: Jacques Roy, Director of the UN World Food Programme, Benin

William Lambers — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:13:58 EDT

For the cost of an evening at the movies, you can feed one child for an entire year.
In West Africa the country of Benin is struggling with high food prices. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reports that "thirty percent of the population is rated poor while sixteen percent are reported to live in...

Humanitarian Crisis Emerging from Fighting between Russia and Georgia

William Lambers — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:49:43 EDT

The number of people in need of help in Georgia is rising by the hour.
The world is witnessing a shocking struggle as Russia battles its neighbor, Georgia. With this conflict comes also the ancient enemy of hunger. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reports it is providing food to over 2,000 people displaced by the fighting in the region of South Ossetia. As long as the fighting continues, there will be...