O encerramento das escolas não significa apenas uma perda na educação, mas também a perda de uma fonte fiável de nutrição. — Das 1,7 milhões de crianças em Portugal, 321 000 (19%) estão em risco de pobreza — segundo um relatório da unicef portugal de 2020 — e 229 849 beneficiam de refeições subsidiadas pela Acção Social Escolar. O encerramento das escolas no combate à pandemia não significa apenas uma perda na…

How the World Food Programme’s geospatial support unit stepped up in a year of challenges, complexity and creative vision — For well over a decade, geospatial technology has sustained informed decision-making in WFP, helping stakeholders develop insight into complex dynamics during major emergencies. Geographic information systems (GIS) provide actionable information that improves disaster management strategies and programme planning. …

World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization join their partners to mark a decade of collaboration — Last week in Rome, the global Food Security Cluster — of organizations working to move humanitarian workers, and food assistance around the world — marked its 10th anniversary at a Global Partners meeting with a virtual meeting of 200 participants. Spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…