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Bunmi Koko Collaborates With UNWFP To “Fill The Cup”

Bunmi Koko Collaborates With UNWFP To “Fill The Cup”

After winning several awards in 2010 and after having worked with great names like Allison Rodger and Alexander McQueen, and Prada, Harrods and Louis Vuitton, now Bunmi Koko is going to be working with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). WFP’s school meals programme feeds around 22 million children in the developing world. Bunmi Olaye and [...]
Global Recession: Main Threat in World Hunger

Global Recession: Main Threat in World Hunger

The United Nations agencies of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), along with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), published on Friday 19 June, the most recent estimates regarding hunger worldwide. While the statistics are alarming, the findings are really not surprising. These agencies declare [...]
The Steep Slide into Poverty: A New Category Resulting from the Recession

The Steep Slide into Poverty: A New Category Resulting from the Recession

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper but [...]