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With the world still roiling from the Covid-19 pandemic, and over 3.5 million additional refugees in Europe in just the past three weeks, an unprecedented shock wave is reverberating through the global food system. Aside from the huge WFP operation now underway inside Ukraine, and the impact on neighbouring countries, the crisis has caused global operational costs to spiral with an immediate im

WFP - together with humanitarian partners - has been assessing earthquake damage and the needs of families on the ground. The remote districts of Giyan and Barmal, Paktika province and Spera, Khost province are among the areas worst hit. In Barmal, more than 70 percent of homes were completely destroyed. At least 1,000 people have reportedly been killed, with 2,000 others injured.

This annual report outlines progress made towards implementing WFP's Impact Evaluation Strategy in 2023. The WFP Corporate Evaluation Strategy 2022 institutionalizes the Impact Evaluation Strategy (2019-2026) as part of the normative framework for the overall evaluation function. The Strategic Advisory Panel plays a key role in providing external experience as WFP implements the Impact Evalu

Occasional Papers are prepared by various WFP offices as background or reference materials ultimately leading to discussions around policy and programme activities.

“I grew up believing that if you are an uneducated woman your husband will provide everything,” says Martha. “I didn’t leave the house much and my husband provided all we needed.” All that changed in 2014 when Martha and her five children were forced to flee conflict in South Sudan and join thousands of others as refugees in Uganda.

The principle is simple: give what you can – whether it’s one meal or one year of meals – and know that it makes a difference. In US dollars, a meal supplied by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) costs around 80 cents – less than the price of a cup of coffee.  It’s no wonder that since its launch in 2015, ShareTheMeal’s come such a long way. In July, the official don

Overarching evaluation questions are: (i) To what extent is the SO2 programme relevant to the needs of targeted smallholder producers and food-insecure, vulnerable populations? (ii) How coherent is the SO2 programme with relevant Government of Kenya policies and programmes, interventions of the United Nations in Kenya and other external partners?

Grab your cooking pot to start cooking a delicious meal.

In Zimbabwe, WFP supports the development and mainstreaming of an anticipatory action system with the aim of moving towards proactive risk management.

The first convoy of seven trucks left WFP warehouses in Dushanbe today, heading to Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province in the northeast.