Three university students have edged out fierce competition, including a professional filmmaker, to win the first-ever YouTube video contest on hunger, which has attracted more than half a million views from people all over the world. Emma Thompson, Meri Kate Purgason and Collin Butler - will head to Ethiopia in November where they will witness the ravages of hunger first-hand and film the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) work in action.

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Ten weeks after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of MSF is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. A new memorandum of understanding was drafted between the Ministry of Public Health and MSF, but the authorities of Niger have yet to sign it.

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International Medical Corps (IMC) has been voted into the Top 5 as part of the American Express Members Project. After more than 87,000 votes, the project, “Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children,” now enters the final round of voting, which ends October 13. Card members will be able to cast their votes a second and final time to decide how the $2.

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Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, called on donor nations to fully fund urgent hunger needs and infrastructure rehabilitation in Haiti, which has been ravaged by a succession of tropical storms. “The misery index is rising daily and this will require a massive effort to help people stave off hunger and save lives,” said Sheeran.

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