"As nearly one billion poor people worldwide struggle to survive the unrelenting global high food and fuel price crisis, WFP announced today the roll-out of a US$214 million package directed at 16 hunger hotspots.

"Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director 'With hunger on the rise, we are doing our best to stream incoming contributions to the people most in need in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean,' said WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran. 'It is essential to launch a bold new set of responses to stem a full-blown hunger and nutritional crisis.'"