Refugees

USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair

by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader February 12, 2025

Opinion piece from the former WHES Board Chair:   Most people do not realize what a huge mistake it would be to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as appears to be underway here in February 2025.  It would be like throwing the prove...

WHES Undertakes Research about Attacks Against Food & Nutrition in Humanitarian Aid

by December 12, 2024

This month, toward the end of 2024, World Hunger Education Service  launched a broad  study about the patterns, trends and extent of violent attacks and threats against aid programs delivering food and nutrition solutions in famines, crises, war zones, and for displaced populations.  The results ...

Book Classic: Famine, Conflict and Response by Fred Cuny

by April 13, 2024

Book Classic:  Famine, Conflict and Response:  a Basic Guide By Fred Cuny, with Rick Hill      (West Hartford, CN:  Kumarian Press       1999) This basic, extremely readable text about famine prevention and relief remains a preferred textb...

Hunger Hotspots; Lebanon

by ReliefWeb, Image from FAO/IPC January 24, 2023

In a food security analysis, it is projected that 2.26 million people will suffer from acute levels of food insecurity in Lebanon  this coming Spring (2023). The continuation of the food insecurity is due to the influx of Syrian refugees, a deteriorating economy, and global inflation....

Chef Jose Andres on Ukrainian Refugee Food Situation

by Andrea Salcedo MSN/Washington Post March 1, 2022

Chef Jose Andres of the World Central Kitchen Organization describes his experience on the Ukrainian-Polish border helping refugees fleeing the Russian Invasion of Ukraine....

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