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• Spain Donates $112m to Fight Hunger in Horn of Africa

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, has announced a donation of €75 million (US$112m) to the United Nations World Food Programme in response to the critical hunger situation in the Horn of Africa. The announcement followed the UN’s three-day World Summit on Food ...
  1 week ago

• Whats in your community?

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 486
  I forget how easy it is to do a good deed. And I forget how meaningful those good deeds can be. Last night we had our monthly Parent Academy. Soup and sandwiches are provided through an organization that comes each week. We try to over-estimate our numbers so that we are sure to have food for everyone. Last night we ...
  1 week ago

• Our “Turkeys N’Diapers” Fundraiser Brought In Over $800!

  
  The B-Town (Burien) Blog | Burien News, Events, Entertainment & More, Updated Daily. — Authority: 529
  by Mark Neuman All of us at The B-Town and White Center Blogs would like to offer a huge Turkey Day “thank you” to everyone who donated this past weekend at our 2nd Annual Turkey ‘N’ Diapers Drive at Albertsons in White Center. Over $800 in donations was collected! The food items will be distributed ...
  1 week ago

• School Meals Program Pilots in Iraq

  
  Friends of the World Food Program: Uniting to End Hunger — Authority: 135
  The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) launched aschool meals pilot program yesterday in Iraq to contribute to food security aswell as boost school attendance. The program will reach 172,000 children thisyear alone and hopes to expand next year to 960,000 children in some of themost vulnerable districts. The ...
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• Still hungry – food insecurity in the U.S.

  
  PIC Current — Authority: 122
  Courtesy of Jessica Mullen (via Flickr) Between the recession, job losses, and rising costs, millions of American households are going hungry. In fact, nearly 1 in 7 Americans are food insecure , or unable to afford and provide enough food for their family, according to a report from the USDA . Poverty and a lack ...
  2 weeks ago

• With Food Donations Down, The Highline Area Food Bank Needs Your Help

  
  The B-Town (Burien) Blog | Burien News, Events, Entertainment & More, Updated Daily. — Authority: 529
  by Ralph Nichols While the number of families seeking help from the Highline Area Food Bank in Burien increased by 17 percent during the first six months of 2009, food donations are down by more than 30 percent. “In this recession, we’re hurt the most by the lack that kind of giving,” said Mike Werle , ...
  2 weeks ago

• Local Farmers Supply School Meals in Bolivia

  
  Friends of the World Food Program: Uniting to End Hunger — Authority: 135
  One of WFPs goals in providing assistance to the hungry is to help them help themselves. Long-term programs like Food for Assets and Purchase for Progress are designed to create sustainable infrastructure and markets that can be maintained by local governments and communities. One community in Bolivia is already ...
  2 weeks ago

• United States Approves $400m Humanitarian Support for Ethiopia

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  The United States government has announced $400 million humanitarian emergency food aid for Ethiopia. “The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided $340 million in emergency and humanitarian food aid — more than 464,000 metric tons –and more than $60 million ...
  3 weeks ago

• New International Investing Era

  
  Gary A. Scott — Authority: 131
  A new international investing era could be created by a destructive scientific fundamental that is now so powerful it could overwhelm all other factors determining our wealth. This danger has such power that it could destroy most investors and much worse… end civilization as we know it. Photo from Wikepedia ...
  4 weeks ago

• US, Philippines to partner in biofuel research

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Manila, Oct 27 (IANS) Visiting US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said his government is seeking partnership with the Philippines in biofuel research.Speaking at a press conference Monday, Vilsack said both countries recognise the need to cooperate more intensively in energy security, especially in the ...
  5 weeks ago

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