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Jan 24

Guinea-Bissau: school meals increase parents’ income and help children learn and thrive

By Charlotte Alves In the middle of the school break Abi Mamjan and Cadi Cissé, sit side by side in the classroom of one of the elementary schools in Mansabá, a village in the region of Oio, northern Guinea-Bissau. The two women are farmers who have come here to attend…

Guinea Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau: school meals increase parents’ income and help children learn and thrive
Guinea-Bissau: school meals increase parents’ income and help children learn and thrive
Guinea Bissau

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Dec 31, 2022

Mali : « J’ai tout laissé derrière moi … »

Par Mahamadou Abdourhamane Dans les zones reculées de la région de Ménaka au Mali, de nombreuses familles sont contraintes de fuir leurs villages d’origine pour se mettre à l’abri des violences communautaires. « Au moment de l’attaque de notre village, tout le monde était affolé. Tout comme moi, d’autres mamans…

Mali

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Mali : « J’ai tout laissé derrière moi … »
Mali : « J’ai tout laissé derrière moi … »
Mali

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Dec 31, 2022

A tale of survival for refugees in Mbera camp amid high food prices in Mauritania

In an unprecedented food and economic crisis, WFP is supporting thousands of displaced people facing hunger with food assistance. By Kadidiata Ngaide For the past two years, this has been a ritual that Fatimata Valet has willingly undertaken every morning. In the early hours of the day, while her children…

Mauritania

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A tale of survival for refugees in Mbera camp amid high food prices in Mauritania
A tale of survival for refugees in Mbera camp amid high food prices in Mauritania
Mauritania

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Dec 27, 2022

Benin global forum echoes calls for greater commitment to school meals

By Henry Makiwa Fagnon Gaston stares into the skies and delivers an assured forecast. “It will rain this afternoon. The new tomato crop loves plenty of sunshine of course, but rain will bring it a cooling relief,” he announces with a curt brush-off of dust on his beige blazer. Youthful…

Benin Republic

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Benin global forum echoes calls for greater commitment to school meals
Benin global forum echoes calls for greater commitment to school meals
Benin Republic

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Sep 26, 2022

Chad: Surviving the pangs of hunger

As the country faces the worst lean season of the decade and an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis, WFP food assistance is a lifeline for thousands of families and children. By Amadou Baraze “We’re all suffering in this village. We’re all vulnerable.” It’s with these two sentences of despair that…

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Chad: Surviving the pangs of hunger
Chad: Surviving the pangs of hunger

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Sep 1, 2022

MISOLA : Des unités d’enrichissement des aliments innovantes soutiennent les agriculteurs locaux et améliorent la nutrition des enfants au Mali.

Par Myrline SANOGO-MATHIEU Au Mali, le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) aide à développer des chaînes de valeur sensibles à la nutrition. L’objectif est d’améliorer l’offre d’aliments à haute valeur nutritive dans les régions les plus touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition. En juillet 2021, l’unité de production de farine…

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MISOLA : Des unités d’enrichissement des aliments innovantes soutiennent les agriculteurs locaux…
MISOLA : Des unités d’enrichissement des aliments innovantes soutiennent les agriculteurs locaux…

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Jul 20, 2022

Inside the rise of Balkissa’s motherhood in the south of Niger

By Tijs Magagi Hoornaert Balkissa folds her 5,5 feet tall body in frame onto the school desk of her son Issa. Only ten minutes into our conversation, she feels comfortable enough to smile for the first time. Why? I asked about her preferred dish and at the same time cracked…

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Inside the rise of Balkissa’s motherhood in the south of Niger
Inside the rise of Balkissa’s motherhood in the south of Niger

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Jul 7, 2022

Yesterday I was desperately in need, today I see a brighter future ahead

Jeanne Wanguezou, the mother of one-year-old twinboys recalls how she fled her village Ippy two years ago, following the rebels’ attacks which resulted in the killing of thousand of people. By Isabelle Flore Wega I had to walk more than 70 kilometers by foot to reach Bambari. Upon arrival, I…

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Yesterday I was desperately in need, today I see a brighter future ahead
Yesterday I was desperately in need, today I see a brighter future ahead

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Jul 6, 2022

Mauritania: clean cooking improves school meals and preserves the environment for children and their families

In partnership with the German Cooperation, the United Nations World Food Programme supports a clean cooking programme that helps reduce firewood consumption, protects the environment, and alleviates households’ houseworks for children’s parents. By Miho Mitobe and Melissa Marques Houleye sow, 38, bent over the cooking pot and took apart the…

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Mauritania: clean cooking improves school meals and preserves the environment for children and…
Mauritania: clean cooking improves school meals and preserves the environment for children and…

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Mar 25, 2022

Lac Tchad : les déplacés toujours dans le besoin

L’assistance du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) reste une bouée de sauvetage pour les milliers de familles qui ont tout laissé derrière elles pour fuir les violences. Par Eloge Mbaihondoum Il est 11 heures, ce mardi 15 février 2022. Drapé dans un grand boubou beige, Adam Brahim, 47 ans, est assis…

Chad

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Lac Tchad : les déplacés toujours dans le besoin
Lac Tchad : les déplacés toujours dans le besoin
Chad

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