I am working with the web team in Washington, DC, helping out with the translation help pop-ups that you may have noticed on the event pages. A few days ago I posted a note on my blog about the Walk the World initiative and how easy it was for individuals to make a concrete impact in the lives of hungry children. Since then, I noticed that Walk the World has been garnering more and more attention around the web on a variety of blogs.
GULF NEWS: Dubai walkers to step out with the aim of stamping out child poverty
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
By Kelly Crane, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Hundreds of Dubai residents are expected to join more than 200,000 people around the world in the battle against child hunger and walk in over 90 countries across 24 different time zones.
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has teamed up with Dubai Municipality, Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Foundation and Dubai Aid City to show how one collective footstep can transform the lives of the world's poorest children.
The event will take place on Sunday, June 12.
DAILY NEWS SRI LANKA: Global walk to end child hunger
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
As part of the global walk to end child hunger the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Colombo and its partner TNT global provider of express, logistics and mail services, are teaming up for a second consecutive year - to show how one collective footstep can transform the lives of the world's poorest children, states a WFP press release.
The HINDU INDIA: Walk to help fight hunger
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
NEW DELHI: The statistics paint an alarming picture: 18,000 children worldwide starve to death every day; 300 million suffer from chronic hunger; and a further 100 million cannot afford to go to school. All this in a world that produces not only enough food for everyone, but actually pays farmers to keep their fields fallow.
These are the shocking facts and figures behind the "Fight Hunger: Walk the World'' event being organised by the United Nations World Food Programme and TNT, the global provider of mail services.
YAHOO NEWS INDIA: Wasim, Moin to walk for child hunger eradication
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
Former Pakistan cricketers Wasim Akram and Moin Khan will participate in a walk on June 12 to spread awareness and raise funds to eradicate child hunger the world over.
Amjad Jamal, a representative of WFP said that while Moin will appear in the walk in Karachi, Wasim will do so in Lahore, the Dawn reported today.
The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) has organised the event - "Fight Hunger: Walk the World", the paper added. (ANI)
Article also available in HINDUSTAN TIMES
KERALANEXT INDIA: Shoaib Akhtar to join WFP for fight Hunger-Walk the World on June 12
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
India News, Islamabad, Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who couldn't make into the team for the West Indies tour, will participate in a walk being organised by the United Nations to fight hunger on June 12.
According to the Online News, Shoaib has accepted an invitation from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to participate in the walk being organised by WFP.
"I will be a part of this walk which is being organized for a cause and humanity," Shoaib is said to have told WFP country Representative in Pakistan German Valdivia.
THATS CRICKET CORRESPONDENT INDIA: Moin Khan, Akram to walk for a noble cause
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
Islamabad: Pakistan fast bowling great Wasim Akram and veteran Test discard wicketkeeper Moin Khan would take part in a walk for a noble cause on June 12.
Organised jointly by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) and a courier company, the "Fight Hunger: Walk the World" event is being held to whip up awareness and funds for eradicating child hunger.
It is learnt that gloveman Moin will feature in the walk in Karachi, while Akram will take part in the walk in Lahore.
DAWN PAKISTAN: Wasim, Moin to take part in walk
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
Pakistan great Wasim Akram and Test discard Moin Khan are to feature in a walk to raise awareness and funds for eradicating child hunger on June 12. "Fight Hunger: Walk the World" event is being organised jointly by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) and a courier company.
Amjad Jamal, a representative of WFP said that while Moin will appear in the walk in Karachi, Wasim will do so in Lahore. - Sports Reporter
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DAWN PAKISTAN: Shoaib to raise funds for WFP
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, dropped for this months tour of West Indies, is to take part in a walk aimed at raising awareness and funds for eradicating child hunger. Fight Hunger: Walk the World is a truly global event being organized jointly by the World Food Programme (WFP) and a courier company which will take place in hundreds of communities over 24 hours and across all 24 time zones on June 12.
EPO GERMANY: WFP to sponsor worldwide walk to end child hunger
03 June 2005
Celine Audin
New York (UN/epo). - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will co-sponsor the second annual global walk against child hunger, with participants in over 90 countries across 24 time zones raising money to help fund school feeding projects worldwide.
On Sunday, 12 June, more than 200,000 people are expected to walk five kilometers -- a little over 3 miles -- in over 200 participating cities, according to the WFP, which is joining with TNT, a provider of mail, express and logistics services, to sponsor the event.
