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The Ethics Office was created in 2008 to assist the Executive Director in nurturing a culture of ethics and accountability.

“This funding could not come at a more critical time,” said WFP Afghanistan’s Country Director and Representative, Mary-Ellen McGroarty. “With a staggering 22.8 million people facing acute food insecurity across the country, the number of Afghan people turning to WFP for help has never been so great.

Furthermore, the Government of Japan has recently confirmed a new contribution of US$ 0.5 million to provide general food assistance to some 8,500 vulnerable IDPs, host communities and returnees in the South of the country who are suffering from high food prices caused by the war in Ukraine.

Next to making sure more and more school meals are available to the most vulnerable children around the world, it is vital to ensure quality standards are met to make the meals as nutritious (and tasty!) as possible. So the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have joined forces to develop a set of nutrition guidelines.  These will be adapt

Mid-day Meals Scheme also known as Prime Minister Poshan is one of the three main food-based safety nets in India, reaching close to 100 million school aged children with hot-cooked meals.

The funding, from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will also provide cash to 48,000 refugees at Dzaleka Camp and strengthen the capacities of the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC), which produces a flagship yearly analysis of food security in the country. “We are grateful to the U.S.

 Figures were updated as of 8 March The World Food Programme is calling for US$570 million as it kicks off an emergency response to the Ukraine crisis.

The Central African Republic (CAR) ranks second to last in the 2018 Human Development Index, with around 79 percent of the country’s 4.7 million population estimated to be living in poverty. Almost 3 million people residing in CAR require humanitarian assistance.

Nepal ratified its new constitution in 2015 in a peace process that restructured the country as a federal democratic republic following a decade-long conflict that ended in 2006. This process created a stable government for the first time in 25 years and an enabling environment to make much needed progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

The new service, which operates independently, builds on WFP and UNHCR’s experience in setting-up vehicle leasing schemes.