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Africa: 11th Africa Day of School Feeding Concludes With Strong Call for Integrated Investment in Nutrition, Water, and Hygiene

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

Ministers responsible for school meals and education from African Union Member States, together with development partners, civil society, private sector representatives, researchers, youth and children, concluded the 11th Africa Day of School Feeding in Gaborone, Botswana, with a renewed commitment to strengthen integrated school feeding systems across the continent. The 11th Africa Day of School…

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Africa: WFP to Prioritize Feeding 110 Million of the Hungriest in 2026 As Global Hunger Deepens Amidst Uncertain Funding

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Rome, Italy — Agency to double-down on scaling innovation, technology, and private sector collaboration to drive greater impact, and efficiencies The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. According to WFP’s 2026 Global Outlook, a staggering 318 million people face crisis…

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Africa: Feeding the Future – Africa Surges Ahead On School Meals

eriinfo.com7 months ago012 mins

Millions of new students are benefitting from school meals, as governments increasingly take leadership of WFP-supported programmes At Olympic Secondary School, in Nairobi’s informal settlement of Kibera, 17-year-old Mercy Mmboga carefully inspects the growth of young spinach leaves, arranged in rows of recycled plastic pipes in the school’s backyard. “I learned about hydroponics in agriculture…

Israel condemned by 25 nations over “inhumane killing” of Gaza civilians and “drip feeding of aid” as war expands

eriinfo.com8 months ago015 mins

Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement on Monday with “a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.” The statement by the U.S. allies and partners across the globe and published online by the U.K. government condemns Israel’s tightly-controlled aid distribution method, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-backed…