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Tshering, 32, remembers queuing up two decades ago for World Food Programme meals at her community school in Ura, a picturesque village circled by mountains in central Bhutan.  Now the lunches her 12-year-old daughter eagerly eats at the same school are supported by Bhutan’s government – and include vegetables grown by an all-women farmers’ group that Tshering heads.  “Our meal

As the Pacific is gripped by frequent climate shocks and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, amidst growing global food insecurity, understanding the function of local markets and how price fluctuations can affect people’s access to food will help to implement effective social protection policies. The workshop, attended by local government officers, civil society organisations, managers of mun

WFP Tajikistan has conducted a Gender and Diversity Inclusion Analysis on its operations, in adherence to the WFP Protection and Accountability Policy, the WFP Gender Policy, Disability Inclusion Roadmap and three of the guiding principles of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework.

Contact details for the UN World Food Programme's (WFP's) headquarters in Rome, and information on how to contact our country offices and media, fundraising, careers and procurement teams.

School-based programmes such as free meals, vaccinations and deworming can be game-changers for school-age children and adolescents, especially from poorer backgrounds, the report says.

With a smile on her face, Adama Baldé greets the bell that marks the morning meal. Using a cane, the 14-year-old visually impaired girl makes her way to the school canteen behind the Bengala Branca school in Guinea Bissau’s capital, where dishes of steaming rice and sauce are being served. "This meal gives me strength and improves my concentration in class,” says Adama as she sits on a c

On the eve of a major international conference to support Lebanon in Paris Thursday (24 October), humanitarian needs in the country are growing by the day.Intensifying air and ground military operations have driven hundreds of thousands of families from their homes, stripping them of their belongings, savings and livelihoods, and forcing them to desperately seeking refuge wherever they can.

In the Sahel and West Africa, 26 million people currently do not have sufficient food during the ongoing harvest season (October-December 2021) which should mark the start of the end of the lean season, according to a just-released Cadre Harmonisé (CH) report on food security.

This comparative analysis highlights common trends, key best practices, and lessons learned over the past three years of this programme, as significant advances have been made in national forecasting capacities, early warning systems, developing Anticipatory Action Plans (AAPs), defining linkages to social protection systems, and establishing and strengthening national communities of practice for