Denmark earmarks millions for fight against global hunger

630 million kroner headed to the WFP for the period of 2017-2019.

Denmark has signed a new agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP) to continue to support the battle against global hunger with 630 million kroner during the period of 2017-2019.

The deal was signed at the UN World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul when the foreign minister, Kristian Jensen, met yesterday with Ertharin Cousin, the head of WFP.

“Through this agreement with WFP, we will support some of the world’s hungriest and most vulnerable people: women, children, the elderly, refugees, the internally displaced and others caught up in conflict and crisis,” said Jensen.

“We need to find new ways of helping. We cannot continue giving short-term humanitarian aid to people on the run when they need long-term solutions. We also need to ensure that refugees and the internally displaced are better able to take care of themselves so as to ease the often considerable pressure on host communities.”

READ MORE: Denmark bringing millions to Istanbul summit

Danish props
The WFP fights a daily struggle in its bid to feed some 80 million people in 80 nations around the world.

According to WFP, Denmark is often among the first donors to contribute multilateral funds which are not set aside for operations in specific nations and it is among the top five providers of these flexible funds to WFP.

TOP STORIES

Connect club

Connect Club is your gateway to a vibrant programme of events and an international community in Denmark.

Sign up here

Career

  • How internationals can benefit from joining trade unions

    How internationals can benefit from joining trade unions

    Being part of a trade union is a long-established norm for Danes. But many internationals do not join unions – instead enduring workers’ rights violations. Find out how joining a union could benefit you, and how to go about it.

  • Internationals in Denmark rarely join a trade union

    Internationals in Denmark rarely join a trade union

    Internationals are overrepresented in the lowest-paid fields of agriculture, transport, cleaning, hotels and restaurants, and construction – industries that classically lack collective agreements. A new analysis from the Workers’ Union’s Business Council suggests that internationals rarely join trade unions – but if they did, it would generate better industry standards.

  • Novo Nordisk overtakes LEGO as the most desirable future workplace amongst university students

    Novo Nordisk overtakes LEGO as the most desirable future workplace amongst university students

    The numbers are especially striking amongst the 3,477 business and economics students polled, of whom 31 percent elected Novo Nordisk as their favorite, compared with 20 percent last year.

Want to advertise your job with CPH Post?

Contact us

Jobs