The PepsiCo Foundation and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian agency which fights hunger worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the ability of WFP to deliver food and relief to the most vulnerable communities around the globe. The PepsiCo Foundation has committed $2.2 million for a program that brings together global logistics experts from PepsiCo to help strengthen WFP’s response to growing hunger needs brought on by high food prices and the financial crisis, as well as improve its operating efficiency and response time in crisis situations. “This partnership is a prime example of how the private and public sectors can come together to combat a problem that touches people all over the planet: global hunger,” said
Monica Marshall, WFP’s Head of Global Private Partnerships. “By allowing WFP to tap into their knowledge, expertise and resources in the field of logistics, PepsiCo is helping WFP deliver the right food at the right time to the people who need it most. That means strengthening WFP as an institution — and it means saving lives. That kind of support is priceless.” Image: fotw.net. More…
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