On Friday, a committee of Nobel price decides that the winner of the Nobel peace prize of 2020 is the united nations world food program (WEP) for their effort to fight against hunger and for helping and giving food to conflict area as well as preventing hunger to be a weapon in the conflict zone.
Everything about the Nobel Peace prize
The Nobel peace prize was signed by Alfred Nobel on 27th November 1985 and Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will that a certain portion of his fortune that should go to a Nobel Prize winner and would be dedicated to a person who promotes and holding peace as well as for the abolition or reduction in standing armies. Nobel peace prize is awarding to people and organizations for their work since 1901 however it was not awarded on 19 occasions including wartime in Europe.
Nobel peace prize is awarded to 135 laureates (107 individual and 28 organizations)
What is the United Nations world food program and why this organization won the prize
The world food program was established in 1961 and it is the world’s largest humanitarian organization (awarded by Guinness World Record in 2002) and its global goal is to eradicate or eliminate hunger worldwide by the year 2030.
In the year 2015 elimination of hunger become United Nation’s sustainable development goal (SDGs) and the World Food Program is one of the main tools for the united nations to achieve its sustainable goal. Other agencies also playing a crucial role in eliminating hunger are World Bank, the food and agriculture organization (FAO), and n the International fund for agriculture development (IFAD).
World food program (WEP) was awarded by the Nobel Prize for their effort to fight against hunger and bettering situations of conflict zones and providing hunger to be weaponized. The world food program runs on public donation entirely and they were able to raise approximately 8 billion dollars and most of the money came from governments and corporations.
How the World food program helps people in a conflict zone?
The world food program provides help in two ways such as by providing food directly to by cash-based transfer who need help. The cash-based system was first launched in 2005 in Sri Lanka after the tsunami.
