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U.N. food agency may halt distribution
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30 November 2006
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday it may halt food distribution to 90,000 orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia by the end of the year because of a critical shortage of funding.
WFP is facing a shortfall of $4 million for its operations in Namibia through to April. In the rest of southern Africa, it needs $48 million for programs in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
WFP has been working with the Namibian government for the last 18 months to establish programs to feed children across the country's six northern regions, focussing on those who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS.
The agency said to date it had received no funding for its Namibian programs, and had used funds in its general budget.
``As new problems emerge in different parts of Africa, and the rest of the world, donor focus has shifted away from southern Africa and all our programs across the region have been affected by the reduced availability of resources,'' said WFP's Namibian representative, John Prout, in a statement.
The agency earlier this month said it would have to cut back aid in Zimbabwe, which is one of the region's worst affected countries because of high HIV/AIDS rates, poor harvest and general economic collapse.
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When the collective consciousness of any nation is coherent—which means that individuals are living life in accord with Natural Law and national law—then every individual will naturally uphold all that enriches life and promotes progress; all that which is not life-supporting will fade away.
'Generation after generation man is born anew. Each generation gives rise to new aspirations in life and brings a new quest for fulfilment. Each man needs sound physical and mental health, greater ability in action, a greater capacity to think clearly, increased efficiency in work, and more loving and rewarding relationships with others. He needs enough vitality and intelligence to satisfy the desires of his mind and bring contentment to his life. We have seen that all this can be gained through the regular practice of Transcendental Meditation.
'. . . A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will belong to every man, love will dominate human society, truth and virtue will reign in the world, peace on earth will be permanent, and all will live in fulfilment in fullness of life in God Consciousness.'
—Maharishi
Science of Being and Art of Living—Transcendental Meditation (374-page publication)
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