Podcasts
Listen to our conversations with WFP leaders and advocates from around the world. Our podcasts are available in RealPlayer and Windows Media Player.
Purchase for Progress: Supporting Small Farmers Worldwide
Presented February 25, 2010
Guest Speaker: Ken Davies, Coordinator for P4P Initiative, World Food Program
Moderator: Margot Hoerrner, VP of Outreach, Friends of WFP
For several years, WFP has practiced a policy whereby they support local farmers by purchasing local food in the countries of operation. This is called “local procurement.” In 2008. WFP addressed the hunger needs of 102 million people in 73 developing countries, using $1.1 billion worth of local food. The Purchase for Progress program (P4P) builds on local procurement and takes it a step further. It enables smallholder and low-income farmers to supply food to WFP’s global operations and to gain more by doing so. P4P provides farmers with the know-how and tools to be competitive players in the agricultural marketplace. It will also put more cash directly into their pockets in return for their crops. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the P4P initiative.
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Live from Nairobi!
Presented November 6, 2009
Guest Speakers: Pippa Bradford- WFP Deputy Country Director for Kenya, WFP Committee volunteers, Friends of WFP staff
Moderator: Margot Hoerrner, VP of Outreach, Friends of WFP
Eight volunteers recently traveled to see WFP operations on the ground in Kenya. The group spent most of the time in Mombasa and Nairobi. Volunteers visited a variety of WFP programs including School Meals programs, an HIV/AIDS clinic and Food for Work/Food for Training programs. Volunteers learned from the people of these communities about the positive impact of WFP. On the last day of their trip, the group called in to share their experiences. Listen to this podcast to hear more about this unique volunteer trip.
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Vulnerability Mapping: Identifying Hunger Spots before Disaster Hits
Presented July 14, 2009
Guest speaker: Joyce Kanyangwa Luma, Chief of the Food Security Analysis Program
Moderator: Margot Hoerrner, VP of Outreach, Friends of WFP
Since 1999, Joyce Kanyangwa Luma, Chief of WFP's Food Security Analysis Program, has monitored vulnerable hotspots around the globe. She is instrumental in gathering data that allows WFP to identify areas already in need of food assistance and those that may be at risk for hunger if a crisis hits. Listen to this podcast as Luma speaks about the key goals of WFP’s food security analysis, obstacles she has faced in her work and how advanced technology changed the way WFP collects information.
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Feeding the Future: A+ for WFP School Meals
Presented May 20, 2009
Guest Speaker: Ute Meir, Chief of the School Meals Program, United Nations World Food Program
Around the world, millions of children suffer from hunger every single day. WFP’s School Meals program represents a sustainable answer to ending child hunger and promoting education around the world. Listen to this podcast as Ute Meir, chief of the School Meals program, discusses the success of providing meals in school.
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Live from Lima!
Presented March 20, 2009
Guest Speakers: Guy Gauvreau- WFP Country Director for Peru, WFP Committee volunteers, Friends of WFP staff
Nine volunteers recently traveled to see WFP operations on the ground in Lima, Peru. The group spent most of the time in the Andes region of Peru, in a city called Ayacucho. WFP focuses on Food for Work and Food for Training programs in this area. Volunteers learned from the people of Ayacucho about the positive impact of WFP on their communities. On the last day of their trip, the group called in to share their experiences. Listen to this podcast to hear more about this unique volunteer trip.
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Introduction: The Roadmap to End Global Hunger
Presented February 10, 2009
Friends of WFP Staff Presenter: Kevin Anderson, Senior Public Policy Associate
Participants: WFP Committee Coordinators & Friends of WFP Staff
Listen to Kevin Anderson, Senior Public Policy Associate, discuss how Friends of WFP has come together in recent months with a diverse group of NGOs, including Bread for the World, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, the Congressional Hunger Center, Mercy Corps, and Save the Children to develop a set of recommendations for the new Congress and administration, which outlines a comprehensive strategy to address global hunger. These recommendations are called, “The Roadmap to End Global Hunger.” Listen to this podcast to learn more about the recommendations being presented by this coalition.
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Feeding the World: A Legacy of Change
Presented January 29, 2009
Guest Speaker: Catherine Ann Bertini, Executive Director of the World Food Program, 1992-2002
Listen to Catherine Bertini, former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, discuss her tenure with WFP.
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Images of Hope from Darfur
Presented December 12, 2008
Guest Speaker: Alissa Everett, Photographer and Photojournalist
Listen to Alissa Everett describe the situation on the ground in Darfur, Sudan and in the surrounding refugee camps.
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U.S. Response to the Global Food Crisis in the Next Administration
Presented November 13, 2008
Guest Speaker: Allan Jury, Director, Director of WFP’s U.S. Relations Office
Listen to the Director of the World Food Program U.S. Relations Office outline WFP’s strategy in working with President Obama’s administration in addressing the global food crisis.
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WFP in Africa: Operations in Kenya and Malawi
Presented September 17, 2008
Guest Speaker: Randy Russell, Chairman, Friends of WFP Board of Directors
Listen to Randy Russell, Chairman of Friends of WFP's Board of Directors, reflect on WFP operations in Kenya and Malawi after his recent travels abroad.
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WFP Logistics: Moving Food Aid Around the World
Presented August 21, 2008
Guest Speaker: Anton Bilaver, WFP Logistics Officer
How does WFP ensure that food and emergency supplies get delivered on time to those who need it most? Listen to WFP Logistics Officer Anton Bilaver discuss how food gets moved from point A to point B after an emergency.
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WFP Operations in Nicaragua
Presented July 17, 2008
Guest Speaker: Scarlett Lanzas, WFP Nicaragua Program Director
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Eradicating World Hunger: My Work in Congress
Presented June 9, 2008
Guest Speaker: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
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Global Food Crisis
Presented May 13, 2008
Guest Speaker: Kenn Crossley, Deputy Director of the U.S. Relations Office, WFP
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Emergency Operations (Natural and Manmade Disasters)
Presented April 25, 2008
Guest Speaker: Abdelwahab Mahmoud Jeme, former WFP Country Director of Algeria, Chad and Jordan
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