The visit underscores substantial investments in the country from the Governments of France and Germany and their ongoing partnership with the Government of Lao PDR and WFP, particularly focusing on women's empowerment amid deteriorating food security conditions.
The agreement was signed by Gordan Grlić Radman, Foreign Minister of Croatia, and Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Country Director in Ukraine, in the presence of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy of Ukraine, Yuliia Svyrydenko.
The €1 million contribution is Croatia’s largest ever donation to the UN World Food Programme.
PCRIC and WFP will collaborate on initiatives in disaster risk financing that enhance Pacific Island countries’ resilience against loss and damage resulting from cyclones, floods and droughts, with a particular focus on protecting vulnerable and at-risk populations.
This initiative is part of the Preparedness and Response Excellence in the Philippines (PREP) programme, supported by USAID, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and others.
This brief explores the complementary and interconnected roles that social protection and resilience can play within development and the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.
At a time when conflict, insecurity, climate extremes and economic shocks are pushing more and more people into extreme levels of food insecurity, funding from the EU helped WFP run its cash assistance programmes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic over a period of nine months.
The contribution, made through the EU’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (DG ECHO), also he
The edition of the Quarterly Bulletin by the United Nations World Food Programme in India has updates on partnerships with the Government of Meghalaya, NITI Aayog, and M.S.
Liberia has made significant development strides over the last decade, trying to reduce poverty and expand basic service delivery to its population, and transitioning from one democratically elected Government to another.
There are 734 million people going hungry around the world, 122 million more than in 2019, according to newly released UN figures for 2022.
Launched last week by agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme (WFP), ‘The State of Food and Nutrition in the World 2023’ (SOFI) report estimates 29.6 percent of the world’s population, around 2.4 billion people,
WFP is a critical player in supporting refugees and crisis-affected populations in Egypt through three key activities: 1. General Food Assistance (GFA), 2. Nutrition support for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (PBW), and 3. Self-reliance activities.
WFP provides cash transfers to refugees and crisis-affected populations in the form of monthly unrestricted cash.