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

  For the cost of an evening at the movies, you can feed one child for an entire year.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 12, 2008

• Humanitarian Crisis Emerging from Fighting between Russia and Georgia

  The number of people in need of help in Georgia is rising by the hour.

  News by William Lambers — on Aug 11, 2008

• Interview: Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme Country Director, El Salvador

  School feeding programs have increased school attendance and improved nutrition.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 09, 2008

• Interview: Gon Myers, United Nations World Food Programme, Chad

  The WFP School Feeding Program keeps kids in school and reduces their chance of getting enlisted into the armies.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 08, 2008

• Interview with Hakan Tongul, UN World Food Programme Assistant Country Director for Myanmar

  A 22 pound ration of rice can be all a family needs to make it possible for its children to attend school.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 07, 2008

• Interview: Wagdi Othman, Deputy Country Director of the UN World Food Programme, Cote d'Ivoire

  The Integrated and Sustainable School Cafeterias Program is a community-based model, which can be used in other African countries.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 06, 2008

• Interview: Liliane Bigayimpunzi, UN World Food Programme Director of School Feeding in Burundi

  Most of the families targeted by the School Feeding Program belong to a group of extremely food-insecure people.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Aug 05, 2008

• Interview: Sitta Kai-Kai, UN World Food Programme, Central African Republic

  School feeding reassures people in the conflict-affected and displaced communities, and promotes a return to normalcy.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 29, 2008

• Interview: Haladou Salha, United Nations World Food Programme, Cameroon

  The development, political stability, peace, health, and security of any nation is closely linked to education and school feeding.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 28, 2008

• Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan

  An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 25, 2008

• Interview: Napo Ntlou, United Nations World Food Programme, Lesotho

  Napo Ntlou of the United Nations World Food Programme discusses the importance of school feeding programs in Lesotho.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 23, 2008

• Interview: Zahir Islam, Director of the UN World Food Programme’s School Feeding, Bangladesh

  School feeding programs are critical to Bangladesh and its quest to end hunger and poverty.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 11, 2008

• Interview: Angela Van Rynbach, World Food Programme Country Director for Indonesia

  Indonesia is a country recovering from numerous disasters, including the tsunami of 2004. School feeding programs are a key part of the rebuilding process.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jul 10, 2008

• Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan Among WFP's "Hunger Hotspots"

  Hunger is attacking Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and many other countries around the globe.

  News by William Lambers — on Jul 06, 2008

• Interview: Sandra Schlossar - Hilfswerk Austria, Humanitarian Aid to Eastern Europe

  A charity helping provide school meals to children and bolstering their education.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jun 24, 2008

• Interview: Richard Ragan, United Nations World Food Programme Country Director for Nepal

  School feeding programs to fight child hunger in Nepal.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jun 23, 2008

• Interview: Rick Corsino, UN World Food Programme Director in Afghanistan

  Food and education for children are crucial elements for Afghanistan to become a peaceful and prosperous democracy.

  Interview by William Lambers — on Jun 19, 2008

• New PSA Highlights Charity Fighting Poverty in Kenya

  A new public service announcement focuses on the work of a charity fighting poverty in Kenya in the face of violence.

  News by William Lambers — on May 23, 2008

• Short Film Calls for Global School Lunch Program to Fight Child Hunger

  A new short film is a call to action to end the hunger that afflicts 300 million children worldwide.

  News by William Lambers — on May 02, 2008