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The following
paragraphs of explanation were taken from the site:
The United Nations World Food Programme is pleased to announce that the
Hunger Site, an independent website created to alleviate hunger, has choosen to
give the donations it generates via the internet to WFP. Cash donations
equivalent to millions of servings of food have been donated since the site
opened in 1999.
WFP is grateful
to the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who have donated a
serving of food via the Hunger Site, and to the corporate sponsors who have paid
for the donations. The money received helps WFP provide desperately needed
food assistance to hungry people in 80
countries.
The Hunger Site is an innovative new
tool to help feed the hungry. Visitors to the site are invited to donate a
serving of food by clicking on a button. The donations are paid for by
corporate sponsors.
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