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WFP and Kyrgyzstan Government respond to coronavirus challenges

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Collaboration underway to make sure nutritious food reaches people who need it most WFP meets project beneficiaries to explain safety measures during food distribution: Photo: WFP/Mariia Babieva WFP is working around the clock to maintain food assistance programmes in Kyrgyzstan while monitoring the socioeconomic situation across the country.

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Eight numbers showing how WFP is innovating to disrupt hunger

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It’s also the same number of people reached in 2019 by innovations scaling up with the support of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator. 1)18,000: the number of people benefiting from digital skills training through WFP’s EMPACT programme. A woman utilizes the benefits of WFP’s cash assistance via blockchain in Jordan.

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Why pulses are soaked in goodness

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Nutritious to the core, beans, lentils and co are a key part of WFP food assistance?—?and one of the 51 countries from which the World Food Programme (WFP) procured 324,168 metric tons of pulses, worth US$ 187 million, last year. WFP provides seeds, new knowledge in agricultural practices , and a market for the produce.

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Hunger, coronavirus and the way ahead for Latin America

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Professor Jenny Pearce of the London School of Economics talks to WFP’s Insight to mark the UN’s Day of Living Together in Peace Colombia: WFP and World Vision provide 5.000 food baskets to Colombians and migrants in Soacha, near Bogotá. Rome: Jenny Pearce speaking at a World Food Programme event in November 2019. Peace is key.

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Growing Hope in Afghanistan

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Her friends linked her to WFP’s community garden project in the province that is operated by the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) and the Department of Women Affairs (DoWA), and implemented by the NGO Shelter For Life. In the past we didn’t know much about the varieties of food or about nutrition.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

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Because in this post, we’ve put together everything you need to know to get trained, certified, and land your first forklift driving job. Chapter 2: Where to Get Forklift License Training: All Your Options Explained. Chapter 3: Forklift Training Topics: A Sneak Peak at What You’ll Learn in Class. Of course not.

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Resources for Women in the Skilled Trades

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A lack of representation of women occurs in industries such as construction, manufacturing, utilities, other industrial types of employment such as agriculture and mining, or services such as repair and maintenance, automotive repair, and commercial and industrial machinery repair. Women’s participation in the U.S. Construction: 9.9%