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Kanye West wore a Balenciaga shirt with the World Food Programme's logo on it while visiting an orphanage near Kampala, Uganda, in October 2018. On this trip, he gifted bags full of his $220 Yeezy sneakers to the children. Stringer /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Why A $790 Balenciaga Hoodie Has A World Food Programme Logo

June 10, 2019 • The U.N. agency partnered with the luxury fashion label so more people will find out about its mission to provide food aid. Some in the humanitarian community say it's a risky deal.

Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

April 22, 2019 • The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.

Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

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Have A Cool Idea To Help End World Hunger? Pitch It To The U.N.

A World Food Programme convoy carries humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria. Getting food into conflict zones is a major hurdle — and a topic of discussion at the WFP's Innovation Accelerator. Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption

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Have A Cool Idea To Help End World Hunger? Pitch It To The U.N.

September 19, 2018 • At the World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator, teams test out new proposals to stop hunger. Anyone can submit an idea. And September deadlines are coming up.

Logos On Aid Supplies: Helpful, Demeaning ... Or Dangerous?

A Palestinian woman and her children receive supplies from the International Committee of the Red Cross at a refugee camp in Gaza; a latrine project in Haiti financed by Oxfam; a UNICEF tent at a refugee camp in Iraq. Abid Katib/Getty Images; Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images; Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption

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Logos On Aid Supplies: Helpful, Demeaning ... Or Dangerous?

June 25, 2018 • Everyone has an opinion about the big logos slapped on humanitarian handouts, from bags of food to temporary toilets. Are they helpful? Or do they make recipients feel like "supplicants."

The U.N.'s Terrible Dilemma: Who Gets To Eat?

Women carry sacks of food, airdropped by the World Food Programme, this past summer in Jonglei, South Sudan. Albert Gonzalez Farran /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.N.'s Terrible Dilemma: Who Gets To Eat?

January 10, 2018 • Funding shortages and continuing conflicts are forcing the U.N.'s World Food Programme to make tough decisions about who gets rations — and how much they get.