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The document provides a brief overview of the costed implementation plan for updated WFP policy on South-South and Triangular Cooperation.

Malawi is approaching the peak of the lean season and food insecurity is expected to worsen from now up to March. The contribution from France will be used to provide daily school meals to 18,000 school children across 17 primary schools and a market for approximately 600 local smallholder farmers who will supply fresh food to the schools.

“Thanks to the pause, our teams have been in action on the ground, going into areas we haven't reached for a long time. What we see is catastrophic. There’s a risk of famine and starvation on our watch and to prevent it, we need to be able to bring in food at scale and distribute it safely,” said WFP’s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, Corinne Fleischer.

As we mark one year since February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine continues to inflict untold suffering on civilians, to displace families, and to disrupt supply chains and food production in the country and around the globe.

Despite progress in collective actions to address food insecurity in the country, the Food Security Assessment among the Colombian Population - carried out in late 2023 - also reveals that half of Colombian households are in a situation of marginal food security and are at risk of sliding into a more severe situation as a result of external shocks.

While the world is still facing multiple crises due to conflict, climate change, and rising food and fuel prices, governments worldwide are increasingly convinced that school meals are a powerful and cost-effective way of ensuring that vulnerable children get the food they need and have made school meals one of their priorities. More than 85 countries and 95 partners have joined the School Meal

The WFP Code of Conduct, implemented in 2014, reflects the values of fundamental human rights, social justice, the dignity and worth of the human person, respect for equal rights for men and women, as well as competence, integrity, impartiality and discretion.

An infographic summary showcasing WFP’s collective achievements in Palestine during 2020.

2020 was a challenging year for WFP in the Philippines, characterized by a series of emergencies and a nationwide lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, groundbreaking initiatives made 2020 a year of accomplishments as well. This visual report encapsulates WFP’s challenges and successful strides in the Philippines in 2020.

Seven earthquakes with magnitudes reaching 6.3 and multiple aftershocks have struck Herat Province in Western Afghanistan within eight days. Dozens of villages are affected, many of them entirely flattened with at least 1,400 people killed and more than 1,800 injured, according to official figures. The majority of victims are women and children.