Feature: Ending World Hunger

Author William Lambers reports on the struggle to fight hunger all over the world. Through interviews with program officials and occasional opinion pieces, he illuminates the importance of school lunch programs and other efforts by NGOs and national governments.

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• Interview: Sarah Klonski, West Bank Coordinator, World Food Programme

  Food for education is food for peace in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jan 16, 2009

• Interview: Ismail Omer of the United Nations World Food Programme in Ghana

  School meals are generally credited with increasing school enrolment, attendance, and retention rates.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jan 13, 2009

• Interview: Domingos Afonso Ndedica, World Food Programme, Angola

  The Government of Angola is now budgeting for a countrywide school feeding program.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jan 06, 2009

• School Lunches for Peace in Iraq

  There has been no systematic school feeding in Iraq since the WFP suspended their programme in September 2006.

  News by William Lambers — on Dec 22, 2008

• Obama Needs a Global Hunger Advisor on Foreign Policy Team

  A U.S. hunger czar could work on Food for Peace initiatives around the world.

  Opinion by William Lambers — on Dec 18, 2008

• Food for Education Program Fights Hunger and Poverty in Pakistan

  Education, even in limited forms, provides the key for the poorest individuals to break out of the poverty cycle.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Dec 15, 2008

• Interview: Salman Omer of the World Food Programme in Yemen

  In some countries, students attend school solely because there is a food incentive.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Dec 13, 2008

• Interview: Purnima Kashyap of the World Food Programme in Zambia

  Soaring food prices have directly affected the school feeding programme in Zambia.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Dec 01, 2008

• Interview: Sheila Grudem, Deputy Country Director of the World Food Programme in Tanzania

  This "silent hunger", which often goes unnoticed, is the reason the Food For Education program was initiated.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 15, 2008

• Interview: Abdoulaye Balde, Country Director of the World Food Programme in Swaziland

  Education is a fundamental basis for freedom, democracy, and self-esteem.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 15, 2008

• Interview: Guy Gauvreau, World Food Programme Country Director for Peru

  For many, the school feeding meal is the most important and nutritionally balanced meal of the day.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 14, 2008

• Interview: Stephen Anderson of the UN World Food Programme, Philippines

  At assisted schools, WFP food support has increased enrollment by 40 percent.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 13, 2008

• Interview: Vitoria Ginja of the World Food Programme in Bolivia

  School feeding is a very good vehicle for adding micronutrients to the diets of children.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 12, 2008

• Interview: Damieta Gregório Mendes of the World Food Programme in Guinea Bissau

  "Apart from the basic right of access to food, school feeding is very important to help promote education [...]."

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 11, 2008

• Interview: Abou Guindo of the UN World Food Programme in Mali

  In some areas, the reality is simple: “No food, no school” - because the parents are looking for ways to survive.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 07, 2008

• Interview: AnneMarie van den Berg of the UN World Food Programme in Tajikistan

  The attendance rate of the children in schools where school feeding is provided is consistently high.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Nov 06, 2008

• Interview: Guy Adoua of the UN World Food Programme in Rwanda

  Chronic food insecurity and structural poverty seriously reduce opportunities for children in many parts of Rwanda to complete their primary education.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Oct 18, 2008

• Interview: Christa Räder, World Food Programme Country Director for Sierra Leone

  More resources are needed to increase the number of children who receive a daily meal and acquire basic education in Sierra Leone.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Oct 03, 2008

• Catholic Relief Services - Helping Children Since World War II

  School meals provided by Catholic Relief Services benefited many Bosnian children by improving their nutrition, class attendance and education.

  News by William Lambers — on Sep 20, 2008

• Interview with Olga Keita, World Food Programme Deputy Country Director for Burkina Faso

  Because of poverty, only 48% of children in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso go to school, and the situation is even worse for girls.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Sep 15, 2008