United To Fight Child Hunger Across The World

Tens of thousands of people yesterday took to the streets in cities around the world to show their support for the work of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the fight against global hunger. The annual ‘End Hunger: Walk the World’ initiative mobilised an estimated 300,000 people to raise awareness and funds for WFP’s school feeding programmes. At least 200 walks took place in 70 countries across all 24 time zones.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on June 19th, 2009