Food, or financial assistance for food, given to those in need

British Red Cross : here to help: during times of crisis a Red Cross parcel will make a huge difference to whoever needs it / British Red Cross.

Saint Geneviève: she steps out of a boat bringing grain to the people of Paris during the siege of the city in 464. Line block after G. Joubard after Puvis de Chavannes, 1897.

People in Bangalore, India, suffering from starvation. Wood engraving, 1877.

Betting on famine : why the world still goes hungry / Jean Ziegler ; translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

History file : food aid programme.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 25.2 x 21.3 cm

Supplementary feeding programmes in refugee populations : a review and selected annotated bibliography / Nancy Godfrey.

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Betting on famine : why the world still goes hungry / Jean Ziegler ; translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

History file : food aid programme.

People in Bangalore, India, suffering from starvation. Wood engraving, 1877.

Supplementary feeding programmes in refugee populations : a review and selected annotated bibliography / Nancy Godfrey.

British Red Cross : here to help: during times of crisis a Red Cross parcel will make a huge difference to whoever needs it / British Red Cross.