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• Interview: Domingos Afonso Ndedica, World Food Programme, Angola

  — The Government of Angola is now budgeting for a countrywide school feeding program.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• School Lunches for Peace in Iraq

  — There has been no systematic school feeding in Iraq since the WFP suspended their programme in September 2006.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers

• Obama Needs a Global Hunger Advisor on Foreign Policy Team

  — A U.S. hunger czar could work on Food for Peace initiatives around the world.

  OPINION in Culture by William Lambers

• Food for Education Program Fights Hunger and Poverty in Pakistan

  — Education, even in limited forms, provides the key for the poorest individuals to break out of the poverty cycle.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Salman Omer of the World Food Programme in Yemen

  — In some countries, students attend school solely because there is a food incentive.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Purnima Kashyap of the World Food Programme in Zambia

  — Soaring food prices have directly affected the school feeding programme in Zambia.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Sheila Grudem, Deputy Country Director of the World Food Programme in Tanzania

  — This "silent hunger", which often goes unnoticed, is the reason the Food For Education program was initiated.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Abdoulaye Balde, Country Director of the World Food Programme in Swaziland

  — Education is a fundamental basis for freedom, democracy, and self-esteem.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Guy Gauvreau, World Food Programme Country Director for Peru

  — For many, the school feeding meal is the most important and nutritionally balanced meal of the day.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Stephen Anderson of the UN World Food Programme, Philippines

  — At assisted schools, WFP food support has increased enrollment by 40 percent.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Vitoria Ginja of the World Food Programme in Bolivia

  — School feeding is a very good vehicle for adding micronutrients to the diets of children.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Damieta Gregório Mendes of the World Food Programme in Guinea Bissau

  — "Apart from the basic right of access to food, school feeding is very important to help promote education [...]."

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Abou Guindo of the UN World Food Programme in Mali

  — In some areas, the reality is simple: “No food, no school” - because the parents are looking for ways to survive.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: AnneMarie van den Berg of the UN World Food Programme in Tajikistan

  — The attendance rate of the children in schools where school feeding is provided is consistently high.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Guy Adoua of the UN World Food Programme in Rwanda

  — Chronic food insecurity and structural poverty seriously reduce opportunities for children in many parts of Rwanda to complete their primary education.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Christa Räder, World Food Programme Country Director for Sierra Leone

  — More resources are needed to increase the number of children who receive a daily meal and acquire basic education in Sierra Leone.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Catholic Relief Services - Helping Children Since World War II

  — School meals provided by Catholic Relief Services benefited many Bosnian children by improving their nutrition, class attendance and education.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Olga Keita, World Food Programme Deputy Country Director for Burkina Faso

  — Because of poverty, only 48% of children in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso go to school, and the situation is even worse for girls.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Carla Honwana of the World Food Programme in Mozambique

  — Rising food prices are projected to have a negative impact on school attendance rates and quality of education in Mozambique.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Nicolas Babu, School Feeding Program Officer for WFP Madagascar

  — School feeding acts as an incentive to persuade parents to enroll and keep their children in school.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with GianCarlo Cirri, World Food Programme Country Director for Mauritania

  — Approximately 40,000 children were affected by the closure of school canteens in 242 schools in 2007/2008.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director for the World Food Programme in Egypt

  — Hunger and poverty have severe implications for poor families and how they choose to use their available resources.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Wilfred Banmbuh, World Food Programme Country Director for the Republic of Congo

  — WFP’s goal is for every child in Congo to attend school. Hunger should not be the reason a child is denied an education.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Sara Moussavi, World Food Programme Officer for School Feeding In Sudan

  — WFP hopes to see a national school feeding program materialize that will offer school meals to all children in Sudan.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Richard Dalrymple, World Food Programme Country Director for Algeria

  — Some of the world's greatest thinkers, including Albert Einstein, were refugees. All children deserve the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and worth.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• UN World Food Programme’s School Feeding Initiative in São Tomé and Príncipe

  — School feeding is an important way to save children at risk of abuse, oppression, and a life of illiteracy, crime and homelessness.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Emily Doe, UN World Food Programme Officer, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  — Parents depend heavily on school feeding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide daily meals for their children.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Jacques Roy, Director of the UN World Food Programme, Benin

  — For the cost of an evening at the movies, you can feed one child for an entire year.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Humanitarian Crisis Emerging from Fighting between Russia and Georgia

  — The number of people in need of help in Georgia is rising by the hour.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Carlo Scaramella, World Food Programme Country Director, El Salvador

  — School feeding programs have increased school attendance and improved nutrition.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Gon Myers, United Nations World Food Programme, Chad

  — The WFP School Feeding Program keeps kids in school and reduces their chance of getting enlisted into the armies.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview with Hakan Tongul, UN World Food Programme Assistant Country Director for Myanmar

  — A 22 pound ration of rice can be all a family needs to make it possible for its children to attend school.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Wagdi Othman, Deputy Country Director of the UN World Food Programme, Cote d'Ivoire

  — The Integrated and Sustainable School Cafeterias Program is a community-based model, which can be used in other African countries.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Liliane Bigayimpunzi, UN World Food Programme Director of School Feeding in Burundi

  — Most of the families targeted by the School Feeding Program belong to a group of extremely food-insecure people.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Sitta Kai-Kai, UN World Food Programme, Central African Republic

  — School feeding reassures people in the conflict-affected and displaced communities, and promotes a return to normalcy.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Haladou Salha, United Nations World Food Programme, Cameroon

  — The development, political stability, peace, health, and security of any nation is closely linked to education and school feeding.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Leo van der Velden, United Nations World Food Programme, Bhutan

  — An investment in school feeding is an investment in the future.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Napo Ntlou, United Nations World Food Programme, Lesotho

  — Napo Ntlou of the United Nations World Food Programme discusses the importance of school feeding programs in Lesotho.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Zahir Islam, Director of the UN World Food Programme’s School Feeding, Bangladesh

  — School feeding programs are critical to Bangladesh and its quest to end hunger and poverty.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Angela Van Rynbach, World Food Programme Country Director for Indonesia

  — Indonesia is a country recovering from numerous disasters, including the tsunami of 2004. School feeding programs are a key part of the rebuilding process.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan Among WFP's "Hunger Hotspots"

  — Hunger is attacking Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and many other countries around the globe.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Sandra Schlossar - Hilfswerk Austria, Humanitarian Aid to Eastern Europe

  — A charity helping provide school meals to children and bolstering their education.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Richard Ragan, United Nations World Food Programme Country Director for Nepal

  — School feeding programs to fight child hunger in Nepal.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• Interview: Rick Corsino, UN World Food Programme Director in Afghanistan

  — Food and education for children are crucial elements for Afghanistan to become a peaceful and prosperous democracy.

  INTERVIEW in Culture by William Lambers

• New PSA Highlights Charity Fighting Poverty in Kenya

  — A new public service announcement focuses on the work of a charity fighting poverty in Kenya in the face of violence.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers

• Short Film Calls for Global School Lunch Program to Fight Child Hunger

  — A new short film is a call to action to end the hunger that afflicts 300 million children worldwide.

  NEWS in Culture by William Lambers