“After the heavy rains wiped out all our crops, we only had enough to survive for a few days,” says Herlinda Caal, a smallholder farmer from a Q’uqechi’ community.
Famine seems to be the hardest word—an outcome no one working to end hunger wants, not least Margot van der Velden, Head of Emergencies at the World Food Programme (WFP).
She is very concerned about the increasing number of hungry people in the world today.
According to figures released in December, there are currently 151 million people facing acute hunger, including 31 million at sever
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We’ve already driven one hour from Coro, the capital of Falcón state where, in July, after 46 years, the World Food Programme (WFP) marked its return to Venezuela with a new school meals programme.
The food security and malnutrition situation in Niger has deteriorated sharply, due to the combined effects of conflict — which has disrupted livelihoods and forced 300,000 people to flee their homes in the country — and recurrent climate shocks, compounded by the socio-economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and high food prices.
“The Government of Japan is steadfast in its commitment to s
"We are grateful for the United States’ generosity and continued support. This support reflects their commitment to continue assisting nearly 220,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees who solely rely on WFP’s food assistance. Part of the donation is used to procure food locally from smallholder farmers.
Coming in the backdrop of the 6th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the recently concluded 26th United Nations Climate Change conference that have put a strong focus on the ongoing climate crisis, the regional conference featured speakers and participants from the Asia region.
Abdi Kadir Bilow struggles to push his wheelchair through the sandy lanes of the Dadaab refugee camp in a remote region of eastern Kenya.
He is just starting a 2 km journey, to a World Food Programme distribution point one-and-a-half hours away.
Abdi’s only source of food is WFP’s bimonthly distributions. Today, he is collecting sorghum, split peas, and vegetable oil.
Together, three United Nations Rome-based Agencies (RBAs), FAO, IFAD and WFP are working on food, agriculture and transformative rural development to achieve the SDGs and assist people in need
As schools in Venezuela are currently closed, WFP will provide take-home rations that include rice, lentils, salt and vegetable oil, prioritizing school children under the age of six in areas most affected by food insecurity.