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ISTAT FOUNDATION
ISTAT Foundation Supports UN
Humanitarian Air Service Efforts
to Provide COVID-19 Relief
by Katie Siahkoohi, Senior Manager,
Foundation Relations, World Food Program USA
A
t the beginning
of 2020, the
number of
hungry people
around the
world was
already on
the rise due to an increase in violent
conflict and climate-change-driven
events despite the hard-won gains
that humanitarian and food security
organizations had spent decades
fighting for. At the start of the
pandemic, over 690 million people
faced chronic undernourishment,
and more than 135 million needed
lifesaving food assistance, with
COVID-19 only making things worse.
World Food Program USA (WFP
USA) proudly supports the mission
of the United Nations World Food
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Thanks to the Foundation's support, we were able to
fund flights from Shanghai to Caracas carrying 200,000
pounds of critical supplies including gowns, protective
goggles, face shields, masks and respirator masks.
Programme (WFP), the 2020 Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate. With support
from donors like the ISTAT Foundation,
the WFP assisted more than 100
million people in over 80 countries last
year, making it the largest provider of
humanitarian relief in the world. We
deliver food assistance in emergencies,
work with communities to improve their
food security in the aftermath, and help
vulnerable populations build resilience
against future shocks.
Responding to emergencies -
whatever their cause or location - is
our second nature, but we can't do
it alone. For example, thanks to the
ISTAT Foundation's past support,
we were able to deliver high-energy
biscuits and water to individuals
stranded on rooftops after Cyclone
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