The "Walk the World" organised by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Bangladesh and its partners was held in Dhaka as elsewhere in the world. The Walk with colourful banners and festoons started from IDB Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and ended near the Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban.

WFP Representative Bangladesh Douglas Broderick led the walk and number of eminent personalities joined the walk in Dhaka. Senior officials of UN agencies, social leaders, and representatives from corporate sectors, NGOs, and cultural groups participated in the walk.

WFP over the years has organised the global advocacy event, campaigning for raising awareness and funds to feed the hungry children.

WFP together with its partners, families and friends, teamed up with an array of celebrities, dignitaries, employees, family and friends to literally walk the world over a 24-hour period in each of the planet's 24 time zones.

This annual event was launched by WFP as a way to help achieve the first United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Reducing by half the number of hungry people in the world by 2015.

WFP Bangladesh in collaboration with the government through its School Feeding programme provides a 75 gram packet of biscuits fortified with vitamins and minerals to 600,000 poor children in 6 targeted food insecure areas. The snack provides 300 calories and 75% of the vitamins and minerals a school child needs every day.

After the walk WFP Representative said "We want to make it sure that we continue to emphasise and highlight the issue of child hunger around the world including in our country Bangladesh".

"Every five seconds a child dies because she or he is hungry. In Bangladesh, about 50 percent children under the age of five are underweight and stunted which results in a reduced mental capacity and physical development", said Douglas Broderick.