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Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director

Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director

FromAwake At Night


Help and Hope for the Hungry - Cindy H. McCain - WFP Executive Director

FromAwake At Night

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Cindy McCain has many pressing reasons to lie awake at night. As Head of the World Food Programme, it is her job to make sure the millions of vulnerable people around the world who are relying on United Nations food assistance – from Gaza to Sudan to Afghanistan – don’t starve.   “Our job is to give hope and help by giving food to those who really need it most. And that's what we do.” Hunger is still one the biggest – and most solvable – problems globally, causing 783 million people around the world to go to bed on an empty stomach every night. In this episode, recorded four weeks into the war in Gaza, Cindy McCain reflects on finding hope in desperate situations, and raising her voice for the world’s forgotten millions.
Released:
Jan 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (96)

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