Search

The Rome-based agency, which works in more than 80 countries, is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and provides food assistance to about 100 million people every year. Nyamayaro’s appointment comes at a time when an estimated 270 million people, many of them in Africa, are facing acute food insecurity and need urgent assistance. "I am only alive because of a simple bowl of porridge from th

It has been eight years since armed fighters chased Neema Georgine and her family from their farm in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Perched on a grassy knoll, a scrum of schoolchildren spot the aircraft’s lights, high up in the shimmering afternoon heat.

It’s vital that at this time of global crisis WFP maintain its food assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million vulnerable people around the world. WFP’s top priority is to ensure it has the resources in place to meet the food and nutrition needs of the people that so depend on its assistance. The pandemic is affecting countries in different ways.

WFP uses cash transfers to empower people with choice to address their essential needs by purchasing goods from the local markets, while also helping to boost these markets. More than 50 percent of WFP’s assistance to refugees in Uganda is provided in the form of cash transfers. “The top-up from the EU comes at a time when we need it most.

“Conflict, displacement and disease have taken a devastating toll on the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pushing millions into hunger and desperation. But WFP’s food assistance is providing a lifeline to many of these people, preventing them from being overwhelmed by starvation and famine,” said Beasley. “We urgently need more funding to continue this vital work.

Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. With severe malnutrition rates continuing to spiral and many children forced to beg in order to help their families eat, urgent action is required to prevent a humanitarian crisis.