WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NEW FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR UKRAINE
COLUMBIA, S.C., March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley will announce a major new fundraising drive aimed at billionaires, corporations, and individuals in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and the unprecedented impact on global food security.
- COLUMBIA, S.C., March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley will announce a major new fundraising drive aimed at billionaires, corporations, and individuals in response to the crisis in Ukraine, and the unprecedented impact on global food security.
- Aside from the huge WFP operation now underway inside Ukraine, and the impact on neighbouring countries, the crisis has caused global operational costs to spiral with an immediate impact on the world's poorest and most vulnerable.
- "This is the moment for each individual to push back and play their part in the kind of world they want," says Beasley.
- But we're at the beginning of this crisis, and we need to prepare for the long and hard road ahead."