The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Korea office (country director Lee Hyun-ji) said on the 8th that actress Moon So-ri has joined WFP's efforts to eradicate Kia worldwide.
On Sept. 8, in a video released on WFP's YouTube (youtube.com/wfpkorea) and Instagram (Instagram.com/wfpkorea) channels, Moon So-ri raised awareness of the severity of the global food crisis and WFP's activities and appealed for more people's interest and support. The video captures the mission and activities of WFP, the world's largest humanitarian organization and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In the video, Moon So-ri introduced WFP, which works on the front lines of hunger, and conveyed, in a sincere voice, Korea's journey from a recipient country to a donor country.
Actress Moon So-ri said, I heard from my parents that Korea once received overseas aid, and through this opportunity I learned that WFP is the U.N. agency that has helped Korea the most among existing U.N. agencies, and I am honored to be able to contribute to the admirable work of giving back the help we once received. I deeply sympathize with WFP's belief that food is the path to peace, and I hope this campaign becomes an opportunity to introduce WFP to more people.
Lee Hyun-ji, country director of WFP Korea, said, I am truly pleased and grateful that Moon So-ri, an actress representing Korea, has raised her voice to help resolve the food crisis, and I hope many people will resonate with Moon So-ri's message and join WFP's journey toward a world without hunger (Zero Hunger).
WFP has a special relationship with Korea. Korea received WFP assistance for about 20 years from 1964 to 1984, and has risen to become one of the countries that supports WFP the most, becoming one of WFP's five top government donors in 2024. Under the motto Saving Lives, Changing Lives, it rushes first to help people in crisis amid conflict, disasters and natural hazards, and in the long term supports vulnerable communities to become self-reliant and sustain their own livelihoods.
[Photo] Provided by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
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