COUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.comCOUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.com
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech & Gadgets
  • Advocacy
  • Get In Touch
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Facebook Twitter Instagram
COUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.comCOUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.com
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech & Gadgets
  • Advocacy
  • Get In Touch
COUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.comCOUNTER FLOW :: www.FlowGalindez.com
Home»Advocacy»>World Food Programme’s KC Concepcion visits Africa
Advocacy

>World Food Programme’s KC Concepcion visits Africa

Flow GalindezBy Flow GalindezJanuary 27, 2011No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest WhatsApp Email

>

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – Philippines’ National Ambassador Against Hunger, Kristina Cassandra “KC” Concepcion, embarked on her first field mission outside the country last week when she visited WFP operations in Uganda’s impoverished Karamoja region, as well as in the grain basket district of Kapchorwa in the east of the country.

“It was an eye-opening, even life-changing, experience,” the recording artist, dancer, actress and talk show host said on her return to Manila.
After more than two decades of conflict, peace has returned to northern Uganda. As a result, more than 80 percent of people who had been displaced by conflict have now returned to their original homes and farms. While Uganda produces enough food to feed its population, access to sufficient nutritious food remains a challenge countrywide.

“I saw a country of extremes,” KC said. “In Karamoja, I met a half-blind grandmother with six children in her care cooking wild vegetables as the family’s only meal for the day. In Kapchorwa, on the other hand, I found women whose quality of life has improved significantly since they’ve been able to sell their surplus food to WFP.”
KC’s five-day field mission allowed her to visit remote areas of Uganda where WFP is working towards lasting solutions to hunger, whilst providing assistance to the most vulnerable, hungry communities. In addition to interacting with different WFP programme beneficiaries – from women farmers to babies in therapeutic feeding centres – she was also able to see how people live.

KC visited a traditional Karimojong homestead, sat with the people and listened to their stories before heading out to meet with mothers of malnourished children at a WFP-supported hospital. In addition, she talked with people trained by WFP to make fuel efficient cooking stoves so that they can cut fewer trees and limit damage to the local environment in the search for fire wood.

In Kapchorwa, KC participated in the corn harvest, loading produce onto donkeys and stacking the food into the granary of a farmer who sells to WFP. She also visited a site where WFP is constructing a warehouse to help smallholder farmers more easily dry, clean, store and bag their maize.

Besides poverty, Karamoja is also troubled by insecurity, environmental erosion and severe natural disasters which are partly caused by climate change. As a result, the region suffers chronic food shortages and malnutrition.

WFP provides relief assistance to people that cannot meet their basic food and nutrition needs. Its main focus, though, is addressing the root causes of vulnerability by supporting programmes that strengthen and help diversify people’s livelihoods.

In Kapchorwa and other surplus-producing parts of Uganda, WFP’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme supports households that can meet their food and nutrition needs but require increased incomes to become fully food-secure.

WFP is committed to helping the Government of Uganda and the communities it serves to find lasting solutions to hunger, applying whatever tool is most effective in a particular situation – whether it is food assistance, livelihood support, education and sensitization, or support for local production and markets. In fact, more than 70 percent of food that WFP distributes in Uganda is bought within the country. WFP is the single largest buyer of food and the largest quality-oriented purchaser of grain in Uganda, currently spending over US$50 million a year.

Like this post? Subscribe on my blog by clicking HERE!
Become a Facebook Fan to get more updates from In My Opinion!
You can follow me on Twitter.com/FlowGalindez

Subscribe to my RSS Feed via email! Enter your email address below:

Delivered by FeedBurner

http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/pTdR

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Previous Article>A dose of Love & Other Drugs
Next Article >Toni, Mariel, John and Randy to host a noontime show in ABS-CBN
Flow Galindez
  • Website
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram - @flowgalindez

Related Posts

Chloe SJ celebrates love and authenticity in debut EP “CHLOE ANJELEIGH…For Real”

May 12, 2025

Wild Card twist unleashed in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition

May 12, 2025

Prepare for the End: The Conjuring: Last Rites Hits Cinemas September 3

May 12, 2025

Comments are closed.

Latest Posts

Chloe SJ celebrates love and authenticity in debut EP “CHLOE ANJELEIGH…For Real”

May 12, 2025

Wild Card twist unleashed in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition

May 12, 2025

Prepare for the End: The Conjuring: Last Rites Hits Cinemas September 3

May 12, 2025

Dubai Premier Padel P1 sets record with 7,000-seat centre court at Hamdan Sports Complex

May 12, 2025




Contact Us

Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram
Email us @ flowgalindezblog@gmail.com

Stay In Touch
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • TikTok
© 2025 FlowGalindez.com.
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech & Gadgets
  • Advocacy
  • Get In Touch

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.