Over the last decade, Zambia has experienced the devastating impacts of the climate crisis. Prolonged dry spells, extreme high temperatures and floods have devastated crops and deepened food insecurity. In Paving the Way to Zero Hunger, join me on my first field visit as a United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador as I travel to Zambia to explore WFP’s climate resilience solutions in action. In this five-part series, we share the inspiring stories of smallholder farmers who, with WFP’s support, have leveraged climate-smart techniques to improve their lives, livelihoods and food security. We’ll also meet some dynamic students who are running a school-based hydroponics garden that enhances the nutrition and diversity of their school meals. Please tune in each week as I drop a new episode!
In today’s episode, we spotlight Gwembe Primary School where students are running an innovative hydroponics garden that produces fresh, delicious vegetables to supplement their school meals.
In episode three, Andrew helps cook lunch for Gwembe’s students harnessing the delicious greens from their school garden. Over lunch with students, he learns more about the impact of these school meals on students’ lives.
In this episode, we meet Emeldah, a small-scale farmer, who is part of Savings for Change. This WFP-supported savings-and-loan co-op provides women farmers with financial literacy and entrepreneurial opportunities while also educating them about climate-smart farming practices.
In our final episode of Paving the Way to Zero Hunger, we meet Priscilla, a small-scale farmer who has been coping with persistent drought and failed rainy seasons. Through WFP’s training, she has implemented water-saving conservation farming techniques, crop diversification and air-tight storage solutions to ensure her family always has a bountiful table.
I'm excited to share that I've teamed up with World Food Program USA for a new segment, 'Andrew on the Streets!' Join me as I head to Chicago to talk to people on the street about global hunger and the work of the United Nations World Food Programme. With up to 309 million people facing extreme hunger, the work of WFP is more crucial than ever so I invite you to join me throughout this series to learn more about WFP's work and why we must all take part in the fight to end global hunger.
It's time to play the food game on this installment of 'Andrew on the Streets!' ???? Join me as I see if the people of Chicago can identify where these global dishes are from – hint: they're all from countries WFP is working in. This year, the United Nations World Food Progamme is scaling up to serve over 100 million people in 120 countries and territories – with up to 783 million people facing chronic hunger, it's important for all of us to come together to fight global hunger.
In this video of 'Andrew on the Streets', I ask that very same question to local Chicagoans. The United Nations World Food Programme knows that when people have access to healthy and nutritious food, not only do they thrive but their families, local community and economy thrive, too.
How many school meals can the United Nations World Food Programme provide for the cost of a $5.00 cup of coffee? At the cost of .25 cents per school meal, WFP can provide 20 school meals for that same cup of coffee! In this installment of 'Andrew on the Streets', I talk to Chicagoans about how WFP is fighting global hunger for the cost of your morning coffee.