Jerusalem – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new campaign to provide nutritional support to hundreds of pregnant and nursing women in Gaza and the West Bank, aiming to combat malnutrition and high anaemia (iron deficiency) rates among them.
JOHANNESBURG – Lives, livelihoods, and harvest at risk as Tropical Cyclone Batsirai on course to hit Madagascar, already reeling from the impact of Storm Ana that hit in late January, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today. The cyclone is also expected to bring heavy rains to Mozambique.
JAKARTA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has launched a digital campaign #KerenDimakan (Cool to Eat) with an aim to promote healthy and balanced diets among Indonesian adolescents.
VIENTIANE –The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today presented WFP’s new Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to Government and partners. With it, WFP recommits its support to the Government of Lao PDR in improving food security, reducing malnutrition and ensuring sustainable food systems for all, as the country prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
COX’S BAZAR - The government of Japan has extended an emergency aid grant of US$2 million to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to complement the humanitarian response led by the Government of Bangladesh on Bhasan Char and support the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees living on the island.
BENGHAZI – In partnership with the Ministry of Education of the Libyan Government of National Unity, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a central kitchen project in the Garyounis School in Benghazi to provide nutritious school meals to 7000 children from 13 schools across the city.
MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance have started food assistance for families affected by Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) in Dinagat and Siargao Islands, southeast Philippines.
NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of DKK 28.4 million (USD 4.3 million) from the Government of Denmark for Scaling Up Anticipatory Action for Food Security to reduce the effects of climate shocks in the Horn of Africa. This is in addition to the DKK 15 million (USD 2.2 million) given by the Government of Denmark in 2019, to establish systems for financing that is allocated in advance of a climate disaster. This financing enables implementation of pre-agreed anticipatory actions, to reduce the impacts of predictable climate hazards before they materialize.
ADDIS ABABA – A new food security assessment, released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), shows that almost 40 percent of Tigrayans are suffering an extreme lack of food, after 15 months of conflict. Meanwhile, across all three conflict-affected regions of the north more than 9 million people are in need of humanitarian food assistance, the highest number yet.
ERBIL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO) signed a new agreement on research into food security, to support informed decision-making on efforts to support vulnerable families in the Kurdistan Region.
BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Iraqi Ministry of Education today kicked off the expansion of the national School Feeding Programme on the International Day of Education. This programme is fully funded by the Government of Iraq and reflects the strong commitment of the government to supporting the education of Iraqi children.
COX’S BAZAR – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA) are proud to inaugurate a new aggregation centre where farmers bring their produce for processing, storage and to meet and negotiate prices with buyers in Montoliya, Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar district.
ROME – A timely US$ 3.5 million contribution from the European Union has helped the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) transport thousands of aid workers to several hard-to-reach locations across West and Central Africa, the World Food Programme said today.
Lilongwe – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$ 1.7 million from the Government of Iceland to scale up school feeding in the district of Mangochi from 2022 to 2024.
This is a summary of what was said by WFP Spokesperson, Tomson Phiri – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
DUSHANBE- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$ 2 million from the Russian Federation in support of the school feeding programme in Tajikistan.
Abuja, Nigeria – Extreme poverty in Western Africa increased by nearly 3 percent last year, according to a new report on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 published today by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
TEHRAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes its first-ever contribution from the United Kingdom in support of vulnerable refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that its life-saving food assistance operations in northern Ethiopia are about to grind to a halt because intense fighting has blocked the passage of fuel and food.
NEW DELHI: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Odisha have joined hands to improve the food security of small and marginal farmers in India by strengthening their resilience to climate change.
CARACAS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its school meals programme in Venezuela to reach more than 110,000 students and school staff in the northwest of the country, building on a pilot programme that started in July 2021 in the state of Falcón.
GAZA – Thanks to a generous contribution of EUR 3 million from the European Union (EU), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has supported 23,400 people in need (more than 4,000 families) with critical assistance in the Gaza Strip.
COX’S BAZAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is serving hot meals today to 2,200 refugees affected by a large fire that damaged or destroyed at least 500 shelters in Camp 16 of the Kutupalong refugee settlement.
YANGON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of DKK 25 million (USD 3.8 million) from the Government of Denmark for its emergency relief operations in Myanmar, where the need for humanitarian assistance has substantially increased following the military takeover in February 2021, compounded by the socio-economic impact of COVID-19.
MANILA – Three weeks after Super Typhoon Odette (known internationally as Rai) devastated a huge swathe of the Philippines, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that nutrition and food security are at risk in communities in hard-hit areas unless immediate food needs are met over the next six months.