Angola: Top athlete appeals as WFP operations face closure

World marathon record holder Paul Tergat has appealed to the international community to support the World Food Programme's (WFP) school feeding projects in Angola after the UN food agency said a cash shortage could force it to pull out of the country entirely by March. Tergat, a double Olympic medallist and WFP ambassador, was a beneficiary of a similar school-feeding programme in the remote Kenyan village of Baringo when he was just seven years old. Speaking from experience, he said a hearty meal would entice kids back into the classroom and was vital to individual success and for the development of Angola as a whole.