World Food Programme And Education Cannot Wait Team Up To Reach Vulnerable Children And Youth In Emergencies

WFP Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, and ECW Director, Yasmine Sherif, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding at WFP’s headquarters in Rome, to strengthen joint programming, and joint advocacy at a global level.

There are currently 73 million children living in extreme poverty who attend school but are missing out on the school feeding, health and nutrition programmes that are essential for their ability to learn. WFP and ECW are committed to address this through an integrated approach that tackles the multiple needs of each child learner…………………….………………….……………………..