The World Food Programme (WFP) offers nationally-tailored technical assistance and capacity development to strengthen individual government capacities. We respond to capacity gaps identified through an assessment process that is led by the partner government, facilitated by ourselves, and supported by other partners.
The World Food Programme has begun distributing assistance to communities affected by Cyclone Kenneth, which struck north-eastern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province on Thursday, 25 April – the strongest tropical storm ever to hit the country – causing widespread destruction and displacement.
To date, WFP has provided food assistance to around 1.3 million people struggling to get back on their fee
An overview of WFP’s role as the world’s leading humanitarian organization both saving and changing lives in the year it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
"When I started, most people thought I was crazy, even my colleagues. Other engineers told me that it wasn't going to succeed."Taleb Brahim reflects on the deep scepticism that greeted his plans for growing barley in the middle of the desert.
As record hunger sweeps the globe, Indigenous peoples’ communities – who’ve been marginalized and left behind throughout history – remain disproportionately affected by food insecurity and malnutrition.
Yet the wealth of Indigenous knowledge is such that, were it courted, it could provide precious solutions to build resilience, food security and sustainability.
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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.
The funding will help WFP to provide much needed food assistance to Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf (Algeria) and vulnerable people in Mali, Mauritania, North-East Nigeria and Palestine who suffer the consequences of conflict.