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If aliens were to view planet earth as a plate, it wouldn’t take a particularly intelligent lifeform to see that human beings are making a meal of their very home... and leaving nothing left. Over the past two weeks COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh has aimed, as all UN climate summits do, to stop the damage.

The consignment of dates will supplement WFP’s monthly food assistance to over 50,000 pregnant and breatfeeding women, children under five years of age and  other vulnerable groups in Mtendeli, Nduta and Nyarugusu refugee camps in the Kigoma Region.

The factsheet highlights Strategic Outcome 3 activities for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Initiatives encompass livestock insurance, climate services, community development and disaster risk management.

Chris Nikoi, WFP Regional Director for Western Africa said: “We are grateful for this generous and timely contribution from the government of the Republic of Korea and Korean people to some of the most severe food-insecure communities in Burkina Faso and Nigeria.” Menghestab Haile, WFP Regional Director for Southern Africa said: “Because of climate change, COVID-19 and lack of access to water,

“The international community have very real concerns and at this time we need to separate the humanitarian imperative from the political discussions.

“The land without a tree is naked and tender,” sings Inés Morales as she cradles a small mangrove plant in her hands. She is the leader and elder in the Afro-Ecuadorian Comarca of Northern Esmeraldas, a community living along Ecuador’s border with Colombia. “It grows like a child and holds in its memory the hidden songs of the universal soul,” she continues.

For every 1$ you give as an individual donor, 64 cents goes directly to programmes supporting hungry people. Right now, 2 cents are used to process your donation, 6 cents helps run WFP and our programmes, and 28 cents goes towards raising the next $1 (which under our ten-year plan will fall - averaging out at 22 cents between 2020-2030).

The joint contribution – comprised of US$3.6 million from Norway and US$500,000 from Iceland - will provide critical humanitarian assistance to some 270,000 people through cash-based transfers in the districts of Balaka and Chikwawa where smallholder farmers have been heavily affected by climate shocks and rising food prices. “We commend the Governments of Norway and Iceland for their strong co

In the first quarter of 2023 (January-March), rainfall patterns in Indonesia were mostly within the normal range compared to the average rainfall recorded over the past 30 years. The triple-dip La Niña phenomenon, which persisted for three consecutive years since 2020, has finally ended.

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