WFP
Proper noun
Meaning
WFP
(UN) Initialism of World Food Programme.
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Beasley said WFP needs $15 billion next year — $5 billion just to avert famine and $10 billion to carry out the agency’s global programs including for malnourished children and school lunches which are often the only meal youngsters get.
Ertharin Cousin is the current Executive Director, appointed jointly by the UN Secretary General and the Director-General of the FAO for a five-year term. She heads the Secretariat of the WFP.
However, in 2015, WFP lost funding and had to reduce the value of food vouchers by 40 percent.
He stated that WFP is supporting the Government in assisting up to 200,000 people through a combination of cash-based transfers and food distributions.
He then hailed WFP as the "world's first responder" on the frontlines of food insecurity.
However, the head of WFP Nimba Field Office, Johnson Kolubah, has confirmed receiving reports of the incident, saying a team comprising of WFP staff and the district education officer have been deployed to Boamplay to investigate the matter.