William Lambers is the author of "The Roadmap to End Global Hunger," which focuses on the legislation in Congress that would put global hunger at the top of Obama administration's agenda. He is also the author of "Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World." This book features over 50 interviews with officials from the United Nations World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision, ChildsLife International and Shakira's Barefoot Foundation. The interviews provide country reports on school feeding programs that fight child hunger. He is also the author of a book titled "The Roadmap to End Global Hunger," which contains features, interviews and perspective on the legislation introduced into Congress in 2009 to fight world hunger. Lambers is also the author of "Nuclear Weapons" and "The Road to Peace: From the Disarming of the Great Lakes to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." His articles have been published by the San Diego Union-Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald (FL), the Wichita Eagle (KS), the Bakersfield Californian, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the History News Network. He has also published a book titled "The Spirit of the Marshall Plan: Taking Action Against World Hunger, School Lunches For Kids Around the World."
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Interview with Rene McGuffin of the World Food Programme in Kenya
Many children are frequently absent from school, or drop out to look for food or income.
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Interview with Joan Fleuren, World Food Programme Director in Timor-Leste
The meal provided at school may be the first meal that a child eats for the day.
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Interview with Ingela Christiansson of the World Food Programme in Zimbabwe
The program is very important given the current economic hardships in Zimbabwe.
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Interview with Karin Manente of the World Food Programme in Laos
Widespread food insecurity and poor access to social services makes it very hard for families to send their children to school.
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Interview with Malcolm Duthie, Country Director for the World Food Programme in The Gambia
Families are more reliant than ever on their children getting an extra meal at school.
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Interview with William Hart, World Food Programme Country Director for Nicaragua
WFP in Nicaragua provides a nutritious school lunch to 300,000 boys and girls at the pre-school and elementary levels.
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Interview: Priscila de Molina of the World Food Programme in Guatemala
In rural areas, among indigenous populations, children may go to school with an empty stomach.
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Interview: Louis Imbleau, World Food Programme Country Director in Liberia
In the present circumstances, funding for any expansion of school feeding will have to come from external donors.
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Interview with Camilo Guerrero González, Fundación Pies Descalzos (Barefoot Foundation)
For many children, the meal they receive at school is the only they have during the day.
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Interview: Zelleke Shibeshi, Emergency Program Coordinator, Catholic Relief Services, Southern Sudan
The primary focus of CRS Sudan’s school feeding program is to ensure that schoolchildren have access to food.
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