Issue date: 04 Jun, 2015
SOLIDARITY
A stamp dedicated to the World Food Programme (WFP) is being issued under the name Solidarity. The image shows a world map with seeds that produce food and a hand. It has double symbolism: on the one hand, work for a Hunger-Free world by providing the production necessary for universal provision and, at the same time, it is the hand that picks the food needed.
The WFP is a humanitarian aid organisation that fights against hunger world-wide. It is part of the United Nations system and is financed by voluntary donations. It was founded in 1961 and since then has worked tirelessly so that all men, women and children can have access to the food needed to be able to carry out an active, healthy lifestyle.
Data from the organisation indicate that each year, an average of 80 million people in 75 countries receive assistance. One of its main tasks is to respond to humanitarian emergencies caused by natural disasters, wars or civil conflicts, bringing food to those in need. In order to meet these objectives, it is also responsible for providing the infrastructure and logistics needed to supply any part of the planet, as well as the necessary telecommunications and connections in these needy areas.
Additionally, the WFP helps the most underprivileged communities through training programmes, preparing them to rebuild their lives and achieve their own food security. The Food for Work Programme provides food to people in exchange for work on development projects that help to build the foundations for a better future. Other programmes, such as Food for Training, teach sewing, beekeeping, stockbreeding and other skills of interest. The organisation also provides assistance for women, given that in many places in the world, women are the ones who sew and harvest the fields.
As regards children, the WFP annually provides food to more than 20 million children in schools. This measure is an incentive for families to send their children to school and to further their education. This humanitarian aid organisation also aims to reduce malnutrition and break the intergenerational hunger-poverty cycle.
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