World Food Programme

Development projects now constitute less than 20% of WFP programmes, as emergency and protracted Refugee situations result in increasing demands for WFP programmes and resources. The WFP operates exclusively on donations of commodities and Money .

In 2000 3.5 Million Ton s of food aid was distributed to 80 countries by the WFP at a cost of US$1.7 billion. Of this, 93% came from 12 donors:
# USA - $796 million
# Japan - $260m
# EU - $118m
# Netherlands - $63m
# UK - $60m
# Australia - $54m
# Canada - $52m
# Germany - $47m
# Denmark - $42m
# Norway - $33m
# Sweden - $31m
# France - $26m
#Others - $125m

GRASSROOTS EFFORTS

In 2004, the WFP tasked Auburn University with heading the first student-led War on Hunger effort. Auburn founded the Committee Of 19 which has not only led campus and community hunger awareness events, but also developed a War on Hunger model for use on campuses across the country.

In 2006, the Committee Of 19 hosted a War on Hunger Summit at which representatives from 29 universities were in attendance. At this summit, the model for a student-led War on Hunger initiative was presented with strong support.

FOOD AID

Food Aid as Positive

- Provides external resources for investment

- Effective, when combined in small scale in economie and human welfare.

- Essential in time of disaster

- More effective than lones

Food Aid as Negative

- Can support undemocratic goverments

- Destroy local markets

- Aid dependent

- Unceratin source of "income", so it can disrupt economic development.

SEE ALSO

Food Security

Food Force , an educational game

EXTERNAL LINKS

World Food Programme (official site)

FightHunger.org - WFP's global campaign to end child hunger by 2015

Auburn University War on Hunger campaign - Student-led effort sponsored by WFP

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World Food Programme