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School meals have been a critical element of the World Food Programme's (WFP) work for over five decades — helping create healthier, educated children who are better placed to escape the cycle of poverty. But what happens when you combine the approach with a much more recent innovation — cash transfers? A pilot project in Armenia is testing just that, with WFP transferring cash directly to s

El Salvador has improved its food security, nutrition, gender equality, poverty and security in recent years. However, it still faces challenges. Limited access to food and nutrition, limited job opportunities, and low incomes lead to irregular migration.

The World Food Programme (WFP)'s Future International Talent (FIT) Pool seeks to build a pool of highly qualified, dynamic professionals of all levels who wish to work in any of WFP’s countries of operation, including emergency duty stations.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, a lower-middle-income country with a population of 88 million, is hosting one of the largest and most protracted refugee populations in the world. Government figures indicate that over 3.4 million refugee and refugee-like populations are in Iran, living alongside host communities for the past 40 years.

Job losses, lack of cash and soaring prices are creating a new class of hungry in Afghanistan, WFP has warned today. For the first time, urban residents are suffering from food insecurity at similar rates to rural communities, which have been ravaged by drought twice in the past three years.

Kenya is on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Severe droughts are often followed by heavy rain and flooding – forcing thousands of people from their homes, destroying livelihoods and degrading land.

The conflict in the Sahel is upending lives and livelihoods and forcing more people to flee in desperation. The climate emergency, declining agricultural production, inter-communal tensions and global economic headwinds that increase food and fuel prices are the major drivers of hunger in Central Sahel – including Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger. 

The United Nations World Food Programme is on the ground responding to the food needs of the most vulnerable people across Lebanon whose incomes, jobs and lives have been affected by the triple shock of the blast, COVID-19, and economic crisis. WFP is also providing immediate relief following last week’s blasts.

In 2018, WFP launched an innovative programme to boost resilience across the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger).