Introduction

FREEING THE WORLD OF HUNGER Among the Millennium Development Goals which the United Nations has set for the 21st century, halving the proportion of hungry people in the world is top of the list Click through this section to learn more about hunger and how WFP food aid, which reached 87.8 million people in 78 countries in 2006, is leading the fight against the number one risk to global health Over 70 million people in around 80 countries survive on WFP food each year. Since our organisation is completely reliant on voluntary donations, WFP could not provide this food without the generosity of our donors Your cash donation can go a long way toward helping WFP deliver food in the most effective and efficient way to those who need it most. Use this section to learn how you can help us fight hunger  What is Hunger: more than an empty stomach for 800 million people What causes Hunger: with food in abundance, why does hunger exist Who are the Hungry: mapping the geography and profile of hunger How WFP fights Hunger: getting food fast to hunger hotspots How WFP works to stop Hunger: food aid breaks the poverty cycle          Video 6 March 2008 PSA: Rachel Weisz: the inheritance of hunger Size : 3.54 MB  In a special Mothers' Day appeal, award-winning British actress and WFP celebrity partner Rachel Weisz reminded us of the number one fear that haunts mothers in poor, developing countries: passing on the inheritance of hunger to their children WFP Site Where WFP work - Iran Iran has been surrounded by civil and military conflict in neighbouring countries ever since its own war with Iraq came to an end in the late 1980s. The resource-rich country was able to recover from the latter war, but required international assistance to deal with an influx of refugees, especially from Afghanistan. The country currently hosts some 950,000 refugees, the majority of them Afghans. UNHCR and the Governments of Iran and Afghanistan have been actively promoting the repatriation of the refugees for the past four years, resulting in the spontaneous and assisted repatriation of more than 1.6 million Afghans since the start of the project in April 2002. The majority of the Iraqi refugees residing in the camps repatriated spontaneously in 2002, leaving less than 5,000 in Iran. Teheran Head Office  No 39, Shahrzad Blvd, Ghobad Mosque Alley, Shariate Ave., Teheran 19487, Iran Tel: +98 21 2286 7480 / 7640 / 0927 Fax:+98 21 2286 3211 Mail: WFP.Tehran@wfp.org