We’re halfway there!
@WFP-led convoy is making steady progress on its way to #Tigray to deliver lifesaving cargo & alleviate the suffering of thousands in the region.
@WFP has organised the convoy on behalf of the humanitarian community.
#wedeliver 🚚
@WFPLogistics@logcluster
📢 Here it is!
The first episode of #AskCheryl is out (in 2 parts)👇
We started with a question on #women’s economic empowerment but if you’ve another question or query about anything relating to #cash at @WFP or beyond then send it over & I’ll do my best to answer it.
Part 1:
📍#HARARE – With millions of Zimbabweans devastated by a year of drought, rising hyperinflation and #COVID19, WFP today appealed for an additional US$204 million to support over four million of the most food-insecure people over the next six months.
📰Read news release👇
.@WFP Storytellers in Bidibidi settlement in #uganda have been sharing how #COVID19 has affected their lives and what their hopes and dreams are for the future ✨💭
Today and every Thursday we #ClapForThem to celebrate our incredible @WFP_Zimbabwe#frontlineworkers.
Thank you to all of you for everything you are doing to respond to COVID-19 and to fight for #ZeroHunger in Zimbabwe!
"Women and girls are at the receiving end of the coronavirus. It will affect us more than anyone else."
Last week I met Rebecca, here in Zim, she was such an inspiration! Fighting to feed her 5 kids and now protect them from #COVID...read her story👇
https://t.co/xyWj5iSWcD
As the emergency reaches the most vulnerable countries in the world, WFP Storyteller Malish James shares simple but essential safety tips to contain the pandemic:
☑️Keep a social distance
☑️Quarantine
☑️Avoid handshaking
☑️Avoid crowded places
☑️#StayHome
Today we visited #UNHCR and #WFP in Geneva and talked about the importance of education and opportunities to build skills and talents - like storytelling, poetry, and photography - for Rohingya youth community in the camps.
@UNHCR_BGD@WFP@Refugees
This year, 1 in every 45 people on the 🌎 will need humanitarian aid.
Here is #WhatItTakes to deliver that aid, with thanks to @UN colleagues and humanitarian orgs:
https://t.co/NdUlufmpb9
Hafsa Aktar's family has 9 members. But after an arson attack forced her family to leave their home, her father had to remain behind while the rest of the family fled to Bangladesh.
Read Hafsa's open letter to her father. #RememberRohingya
“We are here 24/7, we know every single story.”
Watch Rafique, one of our brilliantly talented #wfpstorytellers in Cox’s Bazar, as he tells @AJEnglish why authentic storytelling matters...
It’s been a year since I was in Uganda’s Bidi Bidi celebrating a team of amazing young Storytellers with @WFP. Amazing to see Malish’s voice carrying so loudly! Watch his video below. Your daughter has grown so much man 🙌🏻 #WorldRefugeeDay#WithRefugees@WFP_UK@WFPChief
Hafsa is one of our incredibly talented refugee Storytellers in Bangladesh. She is a passionate writer, eloquent English speaker and I was lucky enough to hear her heartfelt stories firsthand. She wants others to hear her stories - please share! #WorldRefugeeDay#wfpstorytellers
Hafsa Aktar's family has 9 members. But after an arson attack forced her family to leave their home, her father had to remain behind while the rest of the family fled to Bangladesh.
Read Hafsa's open letter to her father. #WorldRefugeeDay Storyteller Takeover
"War broke out in #SouthSudan when I was at school, I was a refugee first in Kenya and then again here in Uganda. I choose to be a Storyteller because I want to pass a message."
This #WorldRefugeeDay, we're passing the 🎙️. Read real stories from refugees around the 🌍.