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The World Food Programme [a] (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the leading provider of school meals. [ 4 ]
Richard Ragan (born June 10, 1964) is a senior staff member for the United Nations and is currently the United Nations WFP Representative in Ukraine. As the Director of Operations, he opened the Liberia Office and managed operations as part of the UN Secretary General's Ebola Emergency Response Mission (UNMEER), and was the UNWFP Emergency Co-ordinator for the 2015 Nepal earthquake response.
As with regular ambassadorial posts, nominations are made by the President of the United States and confirmation by the United States Senate is required. [2] [5] As head of the mission, the ambassador oversees staff from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Agency for International Development. [6]
The Washington, D.C.-based WFP is an affiliate of the United Nations World Food Programme, and works to generate financial and in-kind donations to feed families in need around the world, as well ...
The U.N. World Food Program is investigating two of its top officials in Sudan over allegations including fraud and concealing information from donors about its ability to deliver food aid to ...
Wilcox at high-level briefings on global humanitarian crises with the US Administration. Prior to that, he was the Director-General of the African Union’s African Risk Capacity from 2013-2015 at the level of Assistant Secretary General and as Special Advisor on Humanitarian Finance to the United Nations World Food Programme.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations World Food Programme temporarily suspended movement of its employees across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, saying at least 10 bullets struck one of its ...
During the campaign, Yum raises money through all of its restaurants for WFP, and promotes the initiative to staff to volunteer. Since it began in 2007, the campaign has raised $640 million for the WFP and other hunger relief organizations, [2] which the campaign says translates into around 2.4 billion meals, in 43 countries. [5]