As part of expanded dialogue in recent months, Hungary recently contributed $US 3.5 million to WFP in support of the Ukrainian Government's ‘Grain from Ukraine’ initiative aiding WFP to export grains from Ukraine to assist vulnerable populations in food insecure countries.
The Hungarian government has also agreed to host a new WFP office in Budapest.
Nearly a quarter of the world’s children are estimated to live in conflict- or disaster-affected areas that have experienced protracted crises classified by WFP as level 3 emergencies.
Children, especially girls, are more likely to be out of school in conflict-affected countries.
Worldwide, school feeding has become a comprehensive institutionalized part of a child’s education and developmen
In the countries where WFP works, many people do not have access to a healthy, nutritious diet that would provide all the vitamins and minerals necessary for a healthy life.
It is the first to be completed under WFP's new Impact Evaluation Strategy. It aims to understand the impacts of women participating in food-assistance for assets (FFA) programming, and receiving a direct cash transfer in return, on food security, consumption, time use, intrahousehold agency, and measures of wellbeing.
In 400 villages in the Northern provinces of Lao PDR (Oudomxay, Phongsaly, Xieng Khouang and Houaphan), the AFN project aims to contribute to reducing extreme poverty and all forms of malnutrition in the poorest communities.
Since the early 2000s, the Government of Lao PDR has worked to improve primary school enrolment and retention rates with the help of school meals, an incentive for education for many rural families.
This factsheet reflects on the critical role of WFP and national governments in anticipating severe weather events and protecting vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change.
