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“As frontlines shift, we get access to more and more people in dire need of humanitarian assistance, in areas faced with massive damage to infrastructure, a lack of basic services and often no functioning markets and banks,” said WFP Country Director in Ukraine Matthew Hollingworth.

Here is an update on the situation across conflict and drought-affected areas of Ethiopia:   96 trucks have transported over 2,400 metric tons of food – enough to feed around 170,000 people - and 100,000 litres of fuel into Tigray since November 15 when WFP resumed operations using all four reopened road corridors.   The WFP-led Logistics Cluster has facilitated the transpor

Serving in this capacity has been the greatest joy and deepest heartache of my life.

.     Who has inspired you most in your life?  My mother was really an inspiring woman for my sisters and myself. As a customs inspector, she was so invested in her professional life that she might not have spent enough time with us. However, we recognized that she did this so that we would receive what was needed the most, which was education and a comfortable life.

In 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) Laos reached 237,800 people, including school children and those most vulnerable to food insecurity caused by the impacts of climate change and COVID-19.

In 2021, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Cambodia assisted 498,953 people, including school children, those economically affected by COVID-19, and large-scale flooding under six strategic outcomes.

In 2021, the triple threat of conflict, climate change and socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 pandemic drove human suffering to a staggering scale. Eastern Africa felt the brunt of such a convergence, leading to an unprecedented number of people in need.

WFP continued providing technical assistance in the transformation of the school feeding programme into a national school nutrition programme.   Together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, WFP supported farmers to increase their agriculture production and income by linking them to schools and local markets.   To strengthen disaster preparedness and response, WFP su

Here is an update on the situation across conflict and drought affected areas of Ethiopia:   In Northern Ethiopia, 19 months of war have left more than 13[1] million people in need of humanitarian food assistance, mainly in conflict affected zones in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. Food and humanitarian supplies have been flowing at pace into the Tigray region over the past two mo