World Food Program USA | Annual Report 2015 DOING GOOD BETTER Table of Contents 3 The World Needs Better Approaches to Fighting Hunger 4 About Us 6 Doing Good Better: Innovation and Evolution 6 Enhancing the Power of School Meals 8 Food Assistance Enters a New Era 11 Expanding a Mobile Lifeline 12 The World’s First Emergency Responder 14 Global Reach 16 Working with Policymakers 19 Financials 21 Samuel R. Berger In Memoriam 22 Our Supporters 22 Private Sector Partners 25 Individuals and Families 32 How You Can Help Cover: A young refugee from Back cover: A donkey carries Right: Women distribute grains Mali eats a nutritious school food assistance from WFP from WFP in the village of meal provided by WFP at the across a narrow footbridge to Hadew, one of the agency’s Mbera refugee camp in the Himalayan village of Kerauja food distribution points in Mauritania (©WFP/Agron in Gorkha district as part of the Ethiopia, where almost 117,000 Drag). agency’s ongoing earthquake people receive assistance recovery effort in Nepal each month to cope with the (©WFP/James Giambrone). country’s ongoing drought (©WFP/Michael Tewelde). Now, more than ever, the world needs better approaches to fighting hunger. Last year the United Nations World Food Programme quickly when a crisis strikes. It means restoring dignity (WFP) faced some of the biggest and most complicated and choice to refugees like Marouf and Shauq by disasters in its history. providing electronic vouchers to purchase fresh food in local markets, thus boosting the economies of host Conflict in places like Syria, Yemen and South Sudan nations and reducing transportation and shipping plunged millions of families into suffering and poverty. costs. And it means expanding innovative partnerships One of the strongest El Niños on record caused with companies like UPS and Bank of America extreme weather across the globe, destroying farms while harnessing the power and passion of everyday from Ethiopia to El Salvador. Communities across West Americans who want to make a difference. From left, WFP USA Chairman Africa continued to recover from a catastrophic Ebola Hunter Biden, WFP USA epidemic. And twin earthquakes in Nepal left more It’s all part of our commitment to do good better. President and CEO Richard Leach, and WFP than 3 million people homeless and hungry. At World Food Program USA (WFP USA), we are Communications Officer Shada also working with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to Moghraby walk through the When we met displaced Syrian families at the Zaatari promote smarter policies and secure unprecedented Zaatari refugee camp in refugee camp in Jordan, we were reminded why we do Jordan where more than levels of support for WFP’s lifesaving operations. 80,000 Syrian refugees rely on what we do: So parents like Marouf and Shauq can put WFP’s food assistance to food on the table for their children. Being welcomed Last year, thanks to the generosity of supporters like survive. (©WFP USA/E. Kealey into their makeshift home—a small metal container in you, we accomplished something incredible: We for Tiger Nest Films) the middle of the desert—reminded us that our charge helped WFP reach more than 76.7 million people in to serve goes beyond just doing good. 81 countries with critical food assistance. Because doing good is not enough. We need to strive By working together and fostering an environment of to do good better. new ideas and approaches with proven results, a future of zero hunger is finally within reach. That’s why we’re working with WFP to improve the way we deliver aid. Through smarter technology, better Thank you for all that you do, tools and broader partnerships, we can reach more people and empower each other to feed the world. So what does that look like? It means being prepared Richard Leach Hunter Biden for emergencies before they occur—in turn cutting President and CEO Board Chairman down costs while enabling the agency to react more World Food Program USA | Annual Report 2015 3 About Us Established in 1997,World Food Program USA builds And we are making incredible progress. In the past support and resources for the mission of the United 25 years, the number of hungry people worldwide Nations World Food Programme (WFP) through has dropped from over 1 billion to 795 million; from advocacy, fundraising and education in the United one out of every six people to one in nine. That’s one States. WFP is the largest humanitarian agency solving more child making it to her first birthday, one more hunger across the globe. refugee who can count on a warm meal, one more farmer surviving a drought. In other words, WFP’s Every day, WFP works to ensure that no child goes to efforts are working—despite a changing climate, an bed hungry and that the most vulnerable—particularly unprecedented number of humanitarian emergencies women and children—have access to nutritious food. and a 1.9 billion increase in the global population since 1990. WFP partners with other UN agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil With every meal delivered, we are that much closer to society and the private sector to feed communities a future free from hunger. in need. Every day, WFP works to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the most vulnerable—particularly women and children—have access to nutritious food. WFP staffer Nimdoma they’re recovering from the Sherpa, who received school twin earthquakes that struck meals from WFP as a child, last spring (©WFP/James speaks with elders from her Giambrone). village in Nepal about how 4 World Food Program USA | Annual Report 2015 Doing Good Better: Innovation and Evolution Enhancing the Power of School Meals Last year WFP reached more than 315,000 children WFP’s programming in Syria with enriched date bars that were produced has evolved to serve Over the past 50 years, WFP has become the world’s in local factories. Employing local Syrians and using largest provider of school meals, reaching nearly 20 locally grown dates means WFP is furnishing job more people in the million children in 63 countries each year. Often, opportunities and income as well as nutrition, thus these school meals serve as the only reliable source of creating a sustainable supply chain that benefits entire smartest and most nutrition for children in impoverished communities. communities. By easing the burden of putting food on the table, cost-effective ways, WFP is removing hunger as a barrier to education and helping students concentrate and succeed in the utilizing technology, Since 2007, Yum! Brands rallying colleagues around classroom. cooperation and has been a vital partner one cause—improving “School meals can unlock the incredible potential of WFP with the launch of local infrastructure for analysis. of millions of boys and girls who would otherwise their global World Hunger the students of Jinotega. go hungry,” said Ashley Novak Butler, the Executive Relief program. In 2015, Improvements included Director of Lift a Life Foundation, which announced the company elevated rehabilitating and upgrading in 2015 a $3 million grant to support school meals in its partnership with the schools, providing essential Uganda. “No child should go hungry and every child inception of its Feed classroom supplies, and deserves the right to learn.” the World Ambassador installing sustainable program. Yum! Brands CEO, irrigation systems and But WFP’s school meals aren’t just transforming Greg Creed, and a team school gardens. As a result, the lives of hungry children. They’re also becoming of employees traveled to the company has helped a a lifeline for smallholder farmers. By using locally Jinotega, Nicaragua, to new generation in Jinotega grown crops whenever possible to source its school meet with local leaders and gain access to quality meals, WFP offers a stable market for struggling food WFP to identify how to education and food. A girl washes her hands at producers. This “homegrown” approach also means a help several communities School No. 4 where WFP provides meals to more than fresher and more diverse diet for students, including and schools in the region. 4,500 refugee children, most vegetables and dairy. Upon their return, the of whom are from Mali, in the group conducted a Mbera camp of Bassikounou, Mauritania (© WFP/Agron three-month fundraising Dragaj). campaign which included 6 World Food Program USA | Annual Report 2015 Doing Good Better: Innovation and Evolution Food Assistance Enters a New Era WFP is pursuing innovative ways to deliver this type of assistance through the use of electronic vouchers WFP has a long history of transporting and or “e-cards” that resemble debit cards. Funds can be delivering food across challenging terrain in difficult automatically uploaded onto the cards, and WFP is environments. After two massive earthquakes hit able to track what types of food are purchased to better Nepal in 2015, the agency distributed food to nearly understand the needs and preferences of families. two million people across the country using trucks, helicopters, mules, and even local porters. Whether Last year WFP launched the SCOPE digital by ship, plane, or truck, WFP often helps families in management platform in Bangladesh and Somalia. crisis by providing food commodities where local food Used in conjunction with e-cards, SCOPE allows WFP is inaccessible. to confirm household details, monitor distribution of food and disperse cash or credit for use at local But when local markets are functioning, WFP works to markets. By utilizing dynamic solutions like this, deliver assistance more efficiently while empowering WFP insures that assistance can be quickly scaled up local economies by providing food vouchers.