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WFP Chief David Beasley addressed the UN Security Council to warn that in many vulnerable countries the economic effects of the COVID19 pandemic could cause more deaths from hunger than the virus itself especially in areas of conflict like NE Nigeria, DR Congo, Yemen and South Sudan. “This is obviously a great danger that many more people will die from the broader economic and social consequences

Southern Honduras looks shockingly similar to the Niger, Chad or countries in the arid Sahel region of West Africa. Years of drought have left this once productive area scorched and barren.  Then last fall, hurricanes Eta and Iota ripped through Central America. The baked earth, hardened like a ceramic plate, couldn’t absorb the torrential rains.

“With this MoU, the first between WFP and the Ministry – we are pledging our commitment to improving the lives and creating a better future for the children of Tajikistan by investing in school feeding.

In Somalia, the United Nation World Food Programme is delivering life-saving assistance to more people than ever before, reaching 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support - but famine is now an imminent reality unless immediate and drastic action is taken.

The event, titled “Moving from climate crisis response to risk management – space technologies for anticipatory humanitarian action,” was convened by the Embassy of Sweden in the UAE, the European Union, the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). High-level

There have been recent positive engagements with the Government of Ethiopia by senior UN officials, including the Under-Secretary General for Safety and Security, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Executive Director of the World Food Programme. These engagements have acknowledged the commendable measures being undertaken by the Government and partners to address humanitarian needs in

Forty-nine million people in 49 countries are on the edge of famine. Overall global needs for humanitarian assistance are higher than ever as rising costs of food and fuel compound the plight of the world’s poorest, many already hit by conflict and climate change.  Adding to their plight, the world is in the throes of a ‘fertilizer crunch’.

Food supplies are being stockpiled in the Egyptian city of Al Arish and close to the Gaza border, to be dispatched as soon as border access is granted. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs unimpeded access, and safe passage for desperately needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

Betelhem Endalkachew, known informally as 'Betty' , joined the WFP Ethiopia Country Office as an engineer in 2013. She previously worked in building design and hotel construction. She has spent the past 12 years working on engineering projects including security upgrades for WFP compounds and offices.

When Udaya Sharma joined WFP 14 years ago, he began monitoring the impact of school meals that he himself had received as a child growing up in Bhutan.