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| Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N. World Food Programme, who rescued the pooch as a 4-week-old puppy. Foxtrot's reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize: "Woweee." |
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been given to the U.N. World Food Programme for its efforts to fight hunger and to stop the utilization of starvation as a weapon of war.
But did you recognize that the planet Food Programme features a canine mascot named Foxtrot?
He was everywhere on Instagram on Friday expressing his excitement about snagging a Nobel. "Woweee," he said capturing the magnitude of the award with brevity rare among winners within the science categories. His reaction was also more succinct than the top of the planet Food Programme, David Beasley, who said, "Holy mackerel. it is the first time in my life I have been without words."
The World Food Programme is one of the most important aid organizations within the world. It does tons of great stuff. Much of its work gets overlooked by many humans but not by Foxtrot or Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
"With this year's award, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to show the eyes of the planet towards the many people that suffer from or face the threat of hunger," Reiss-Andersen said from Stockholm. "The World Food Programme plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace and has made a robust contribution toward mobilizing U.N. member states to combat the utilization of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict."
Foxtrot put it more simply: "Without a doubt ... hunger may be a cause and effect of conflict."
The World Food Programme is understood for dropping bags of grain out of planes within the midst of famines and airlifting plenty of rice to villages destroyed by typhoons. But the work of the organization goes far beyond food. In Foxtrot's backyard in Bangladesh, the organization moved mountains, flattening hillsides to form space for shelters for Rohingya refugees. Day in and outing, it supports long-term nutrition programs, including subsidizing local farmers and markets.
"Thank you such a lot for all of your support," Foxtrot howled Friday on his social media feed, "and for joining me and my colleagues in doing everything we will stay food on families' tables as we work toward a more peaceful and inclusive world."
Here's a profile of Foxtrot and his add the Cox's Bazar office of the planet Food Programme that NPR published in April 2019.
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