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  1. Jul 15, 2024 · ROME: The United Nations World Food Programme family is deeply saddened to learn of the death of our former Executive Director, James T. Morris. Morris led the organization from 2002-2007.

  2. 1 day ago · They cannot afford to build the foundations of long-term food security, by stepping-up investments in school meals, social protection, and climate- resilient programmes. The world’s leading economies must help to close this finance gap: so I commend Brazil for focusing the G20 Presidency on tackling the root causes of hunger and poverty.

  3. 4 days ago · Ertharin Cousin (born 1957) is an American lawyer who served as the twelfth executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2012 to 2017. . Following the completion of her term, Cousin became Payne Distinguished Professor at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, distinguished fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment and ...

  4. Jun 28, 2024 · The World Food Programme (WFP) is among the first on the scene in an emergency, providing food and other assistance to people affected by conflict, drought, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and crop failures, as well as pandemics such as COVID-19.

  5. 1 day ago · At the same time, the World Food Programme, which started as an experimental three-year programme under FAO, was growing in size and independence, with the Directors of FAO and WFP struggling for power.

  6. 4 days ago · The agreement, signed by Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group Holdings MD and CEO, and World Food Programme Executive Director, Cindy McCain, on the sidelines of the WFP Executive Board Session in Rome, is a first example of linking WFP’s deep field presence and engagement with value chain actors and financial service providers, and represents a new model of private sector engagement for ...

  7. 4 days ago · The agreement, signed by Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group Holdings MD and CEO, and World Food Programme Executive Director, Cindy McCain, on the sidelines of the WFP Executive Board Session in Rome, is a first example of linking WFP’s deep field presence and engagement with value chain actors and financial service providers, and represents a ...