Home-Grown school feeding not only increases the production of local smallholder farmers but also provides them with a market. Discover how WFP is aiding farmers and linking them to markets.
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Today, a joint UN training on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse was conducted for
@UN
🇸🇱 security guards and support staff as a joint commitment by both WFP and partners to mitigate and raise awareness about Sexual Exploitation & Abuse risks. 🖐️
#ZeroTolerance
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#News
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4 million.
That's the number of people affected by floods in West & Central Africa, at least.
#WFP
calls for urgent investment in early warning systems and disaster risk financing to tackle floods and climate risks.
#Floods
As we celebrate this year’s International Day of Peace with the theme: “Cultivating a Culture of Peace,”
see how WFP with funds from
@UNPeacebuilding
is building pathways to peace and reducing conflicts between cattle herders and farmers in Falaba district.
🍠Orange-fleshed sweet potato is packed with nutrients like beta-carotene, vitamin C, and potassium! School children in Bonthe and Karene eat it once a week.🌟 Let’s boost our health and support local farmers by adding this superfood to our meals.
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#HealthyEating
Yesterday, I witnessed the signing of a $1.27M grant by Japan & WFP to support 28,800 primary school children in Pujehun. This initiative will combat hunger, nourish young minds, & boost the local economy. As Minister of MBSSE, I’m proud of our progress in securing SL's future.
Today, the Embassy of
#Japan
🇯🇵 &
@WFPS_Leone
signed a grant, valued USD 1.27 million for school feeding. It will provide nutritious meals to 28,800 children in Pujehun district through't 2024/25 sch yr, ensuring hunger does not stop them from learning and achieving their dreams
WFP and partners are encouraging smallholder farmers across the country to grow🍠Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP). This supports both food security and increased income for families👨👩👧.
Listen to Mohamed Fornah's story
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#EatLocal
#HealthyEating
They work in natural disasters, crises, and conflicts. Sometimes they risk their lives to help others.
Today, we celebrate their courage and dedication.
💙 and 🔄 this post to thank
#humanitarians
around the world!
#WHD2024
WFP celebrates Youths in Transforming Agriculture in Rural Communities of Sierra Leone. Like Simbirie, about 138 youth contractors have been trained by WFP and MAFS who are now helping to transform agriculture in their communities by backstopping the extension officers of MAFS.
WFP is grateful to the Government and people of France 🇫🇷 for their generous donation of $500,000 for the school feeding programme. This donation will ensure that primary school children receive a daily hot meal in the next academic year.
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Today,
@WFP
joined the Office of the Vice President, Ministry of Health, and the UN Family to mark the commencement of
#worldbreastfeedingweek2024
(1-7 Aug) with the theme "Closing the Gap, Breastfeeding for All." Breastfeeding is critical to child health and survival.
Food insecurity and malnutrition are worsening due to a combination of factors, including persisting food price inflation that continues to erode economic gains for many people in many countries, says report by five United Nations specialized agencies.
Today,
@WFP
joined the
@UN
Country team, Government and Dev partners to launch the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for 2025-2030
#LeaveNoOneBehind
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In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, WFP supported 1,950 farmers (70% women) with orange-fleshed sweet potato vines and cultivation tools in Bonthe and Karene districts. WFP will later purchase the produce for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme.
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Today the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Korea in
#SierraLeone
officially handed over 2,400 tons of rice to WFP for school feeding programme. This donation will feed 106,000 school children in 500 schools across Sierra Leone throughout the next academic year.
📊 To support data collection and enhance data quality in
#SierraLeone
,
@wfps_leone
donated weighing scales, tablets, and power banks worth $8,690 to the Monitoring Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
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Every morning Fatmata, along with another school cook, prepares a hot meal for the students at KDC Primary School in Kambia. Fatmata, like many other volunteer cooks, received training from WFP in food preparation, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation.
#HomeGrownSchoolFeeding
To strengthen the capacity of the four Mother Support Groups (MSGs) producing Local Complementary Food (Nyam Nyam Pap) in sales and marketing, WFP trained 36 women (MSG members and prospective sales agents) on how to implement the Nyam Nyam Pap marketing strategy.
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