UN Messenger of Peace Princess Haya urges world to address threat to global food prices during visit to the African Children's Feeding Scheme Centre in Soweto, South Africa
While in South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela, Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, UN Messenger of Peace visited one of five African Children's Feeding Scheme Centres located in the township of Soweto, just outside Johannesburg.
“The world is witnessing a new epidemic that is hindering global efforts to fight poverty and hunger. The recent rise in food prices is threatening the world’s most vulnerable people and is hitting hard in the most despairing places, like Africa.” said HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein.
Princess Haya continued “This rising threat is leading to serious implications for the livelihoods and nutrition of poor communities and their children due to the limitations in food consumption and the switch to less nutritional options.
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