Canada: Trick or Treat for Hunger

Canada came up with a great way to help fight world hunger this Halloween. Read the press release published on newswire.ca: From coast to coast, youth will be trick-or-treating for non-perishable foods instead of candy through Free The Children’s Halloween for Hunger campaign. This annual campaign challenges young people to think locally and act globally […]

Humanitarianism In A Post 9/11 World

Imagine sitting down to talk with eight mullahs in a village in central Afghanistan, meeting with people in the war-torn Gulu district in Uganda, or attending a town meeting of displaced persons in Colombia. How do people such as these, on the receiving end of international assistance, perceive humanitarian action in their respective countries? Is […]

DJ Bobo Fights World Hunger

DJ BOBO, the internationally renowned Swiss artist and winner of around ten World Music Awards, today takes up his appointment as National Ambassador Against Hunger for WFP. WFP is currently feeding six million people in Ethiopia, including 670,000 children thanks to its school feeding programmes. Education remains the best way of escaping the vicious circle […]

Millions Starving Shame the World, U.N. Says

By Thalif Deen – Inter Press Service United Nations (IPS): Since hunger and famine are still widespread in parts of Africa and Asia, the international community is in violation of the right to food as a basic universal human right, according to a new study released by the United Nations. “Despite promises to eradicate hunger, […]