
Jennifer Bitonde
@jenniferbitonde
United Nations World Food Programme (Tweets reflect my personal views, RTs do not imply endorsements).
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07-04-2018 09:30:04
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Happy #InternationalWomen’sDay! This year we are celebrating women who have changed the world. Here’s Clara’s story, one of the World Food Programme trained community health volunteers leading the battle against poor #nutrition in #Zambia wfp.org/stories/womens…

Women in Zambia get on their bikes to tackle poor nutrition🚲 World Food Programme is distributing bikes and training manuals to 480 community health volunteers to spread vital messages on the importance of healthy diets & good feeding practices during #COVID19 🌽🥑🥔🍉🍲




Deep dive into 🇿🇲 Monze & Gwembe district with UNICEF Zambia & @wfp visiting the #ScalingUpNutrition & Drought Recovery Project. Investing in 🥬🥕🥑🌽 🐓🐄🚰 #nutrition #agriculture #water #sanitation #health 🇩🇪 Bundesentwicklungsministerium via KfW Development Bank German Embassy ZAM


This week, German Embassy ZAM and Sweden in Zambia 🇸🇪 visited Monze and Gwembe Districts to hear about the impact of World Food Programme’s work helping farmers recover from climate shocks and #ScalingUpNutrition supported by Bundesentwicklungsministerium @KFW_int @SIDA


Visits of Bundesentwicklungsministerium supported projects in Monze & Gwembe districts.'Drought Recovery' implemented by World Food Programme supports farmers in recovering from #climateshocks.🌧☀️ Great cooperation success in #ScalingUpNutrition with UNICEF Zambia @KFW_int Sida Irish Embassy Lusaka UKinZambia 🌽🥑🍌


School hydroponic gardens in #Zambia are improving school meals – making a difference to children’s health, nutrition & education. ‘’My daughter has more energy to study now that she is provided with a nutritious lunch,’’ says Mary, Lisabel’s mother from Gwembe. German Embassy ZAM


Gladys is expecting a bumper harvest this year 🌽👩🌾 She is one of the 104,000 smallholder farmers World Food Programme helped to recover from the 2018/19 drought Here’s how she plans to use her harvest 📹 Bundesentwicklungsministerium @KFW_int

This #FarmWorkersDay, we are celebrating the farmers who provide us with fresh food 🥬🌽🥕 Meet Mianner, one of the farmers World Food Programme has helped to diversify & increase her production and sell her produce at markets 👩🌾 wfp.org/stories/zambia…

Accessing viable markets is crucial to improving smallholder farmers' incomes, #EndingPoverty and achieving #ZeroHunger Today, I joined Digital PayGo, Zanaco Bank & #MinOfAgriculture to launch #Maano, a virtual farmers market that connects farmers to buyers via a mobile platform


Against the backdrop of rising food #prices & a looming availability crisis, Arif Husain poses a simple question: "Imagine you're spending 50% of your income on food - how much space would you have for anything else?" More on the global #food crisis 👇 economist.com/films/2022/07/…

Impressed to see the Sweden in Ethiopia & AU / Sida & Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 funded WFP Ethiopia & Mercy Corps support changing lives of refugees & host communities in Somali region 🇪🇹 thru women saving groups, solar irrigation schemes, agro processors. #buildingresilience #HDPnexus


The Horn of Africa #drought has degraded land & reduced the ability of soil to retain moisture + nutrients. In Ethiopia's Somali region, World Food Programme has introduced half-moon shaped basins to rehabilitate land & change lives. Watch the half-moons turn green as Shukri explains more!💚👇

💧How are water and food security linked? WFP's Sibi Lawson-Marriott explains why we need targeted investments to build resilient food systems in fragile and complex settings. #WaterAction ⬇️


Sustainable farming is the key to sustainable #FoodSystems. See how World Food Programme changes the lives of farmers in #Gambella region through boosting their production & income. #UNFSS2023

Batamo Diden has harvested more maize than ever before, thanks to World Food Programme's provision of... - training on better farming practices📒 - improved seeds 🫘🌽 - machinery to plough fields 🚜 Let's hear more from Batamo on how World Food Programme supports smallholder farmers in #Gambella region⏯️

Today Ministry of Health ETHIOPIA, WFP Ethiopia & UNICEF Ethiopia renewed their commitment to jointly address & integrate management of moderate acute malnutrition into Ethiopia's health system. This is a critical step towards ending all forms of malnutrition.
