While drivers of food insecurity are interlinked, and the impact of economic shocks and natural hazards have grown in importance in recent years, 65 percent of acutely food-insecure people live in fragile or conflict-affected contexts.
FAO and WFP have jointly warned that between June and October 2024, acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots.
WFP assists African governments and communities to implement comprehensive, country-led, programmes to tackle hunger the world’s greatest solvable problem.
The World Food Programme has been present in the DRC since 1973. While the main office is in Kinshasa, WFP also has 10 sub-offices across the country. WFP staff consists of 410 people of which 50 are internationals.
This factsheet provides a concise overview of the work of the World Food Programme, summarizing the facts, figures and frontline work of the world's largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives.
Meet Halima
This story probably does not end in the way you might think. It starts in Somalia, a country ravaged by a drought that has caused over 1 million people to leave their homes. Halima and her family were among them.
Halima fought a battle against the unrelenting sun to find enough water for her family. Gradually choices had to be made.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has long enlisted the voluntary services and support of prominent figures as Goodwill Ambassadors, Advocates and High-Level Supporters to help bring attention to global hunger.