by josiahmwd | Jul 15, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
As a physician, Dr. Joseph Ojwang has always been ambitious around his passion for health and medicine. But after losing both of his grandparents to liver disease, he felt a different kind drive – one that was aimed at understanding exactly what was causing this...
by josiahmwd | May 21, 2018 | International
At the World Food Bank, we are strong supporters of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, WFB focuses specifically on several SDGs, where our work and programs will positively impact progress toward these goals. Those goals include: #1...
by josiahmwd | May 15, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
Growing up in urban Uganda, Ronnie Kaddu spent a lot of leisure time visiting local farms and dissecting insects. It wasn’t all just for fun. As the son of a parasitologist who was studying how communicable diseases spread in rural villages, Ronnie’s father often...
by josiahmwd | May 14, 2018 | Key Sectors
Thanks to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the release of this new report, “Soil Pollution: A Hidden Reality”. This report details how soil contamination is affecting our food and putting our health at risk....
by josiahmwd | May 10, 2018 | Key Sectors
Ronnie Kaddu could hardly believe the numbers. As a physician working in public health in Kenya, he had long been confronted with the region’s discouraging rates of malnutrition. Over time, and as certain foods became easier to access, he started to see the pendulum...