{"id":61697,"date":"2015-09-18T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T10:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fbfd4fb2ac10ec27bf799b82fa4f2904"},"modified":"2015-09-18T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T10:12:01","slug":"press-release-justine-greening-uk-aid-to-help-tackle-hunger-during-rugby-world-cup-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61697","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Justine Greening: UK aid to help tackle hunger during Rugby World Cup 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Speaking ahead of the opening game of the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rugbyworldcup.com\/\">2015 Rugby World Cup<\/a>, International Development Secretary, Justine Greening, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As England meet Fiji at Twickenham for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup, the eyes of the world will be fixed on the UK for the next six weeks. I would like to wish all the Home Nations the best of luck.<\/p>\n<p>While we are all enjoying the action on the pitch, rugby fans across the country will also have a great chance to come together and tackle hunger in some of the poorest countries in the world. The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wfp.org\">World Food Programme<\/a> has joined forces with World Rugby for the competition and we will match all public donations to their <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/rugbyworldcup\/tacklehungertogether\/one-try-to-tackle-hunger-together\">Tackle Hunger campaign<\/a> pound for pound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">That means public support will go twice as far in helping to get desperately needed food where it is needed most, whether to malnourished children in Malawi or families forced out of their homes and struggling to survive in conflicts ranging from Syria to South Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WFP Rugby World Cup appeal image\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/43881\/Tackle-Hunger-Together-Share-Card--10-DFID-960px.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/rugbyworldcup\/tacklehungertogether\/one-try-to-tackle-hunger-together\">Donate to the #TackleHunger appeal<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_5\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pressoffice@dfid.gov.uk\">pressoffice@dfid.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7023 0600\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Follow the DFID Press office on Twitter &#8211; @DFID_Press<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government will match public donations \u00a31 for \u00a31 up to \u00a35m, as part of Rugby World Cup \/ ITV appeal in support of the World Food Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}