Global Hunger Watch: WFP, UNICEF need support to stop hunger and despair in Yemen

Sunday, May 23, 2010

WFP, UNICEF need support to stop hunger and despair in Yemen

Yemen, a country which borders Saudi Arabia, has been in the news lately for the deadly Al Qaeda presence within its borders. Far less coverage has been given to the greater struggle in that impoverished country against hunger and malnutrition.

This past weekend Maria Santamarina of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) informed me that demonstrations are taking place in Yemen over food shortages. WFP, facing low funding, had to cut rations in half for over 250,000 people who have been displaced by a conflict in the North between the government and rebels. These Yemenis are completely dependent on food aid.

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William Lambers is an author, journalist, historian and Charity Miles All-Star. He is a blogger for the Huffington Post. His writings have been published by the New York Times, History News Network, Cincinnati Enquirer, Buffalo News, Des Moines Register, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Washington Post, Bismarck Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, the Boston Herald, and other news outlets. His writings on nuclear weapons have been published in Spectrum, the flagship publication of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. His books include Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World. This book features over 50 interviews with officials from the UN World Food Programme and other charities discussing school feeding programs that fight child hunger. He is also the author of Nuclear Weapons, The Road to Peace: From the Disarming of the Great Lakes to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Open Skies for Peace, The Spirit of the Marshall Plan: Taking Action Against World Hunger, School Lunches for Kids Around the World, The Roadmap to End Global Hunger, From War to Peace and the Battle of Britain. He is also a writer for Blogcritics and the History News Service. Mr. Lambers is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph University in Ohio with degrees in Liberal Arts (BA) and Organizational Leadership (MS). Lambers was named a Future Five Award Winner at the Mount St. Joseph University Jubilee in 2015. He is also a member of the Feeding America Blogger Council. He is also a member of the Feeding America Blogger Council. You can visit his web site by clicking on the above photo.

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WFP, UNICEF need support to stop hunger and despair in Yemen

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