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Saving Lives, Changing Lives. The United Nations World Food Programme in Sierra Leone is working towards achieving #ZeroHunger 🌎.

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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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. #FeedSalone
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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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@hmkpaka
Henry Musa Kpaka
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It’s #ClimateWeekNYC . In #SierraLeone , our farmers are facing unprecedented floods that are destroying their livelihoods. What would have been a good rice harvest is now all at risk. Our farmers need support. Let us give them that @UNFCC , @UNEP . #ClimateFinance #ClimateCrisis
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@WFP_WAfrica
WFP West Africa
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📰🚨 #News 👉 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
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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🍠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. #FeedSalone #HealthyEating
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@ConradOSackey
Conrad Sackey
1 month
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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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 #FeedSalone #EatLocal #HealthyEating
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@WFP_WAfrica
WFP West Africa
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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
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
2 months
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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
2 months
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. #FeedSalone
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
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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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
2 months
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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
2 months
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 #FeedSalone
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
2 months
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. #FeedSalone
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
3 months
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.
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
3 months
📊 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. #FeedSalone
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
4 months
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
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@WFPS_Leone
WFP Sierra Leone
4 months
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. #FeedSalone
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