Our Emergencies and Transitions Team ensures that WFP country offices have a framework designed to plan effective and efficient interventions in emergency situations.
Working every day in 80 countries to bring food assistance to millions of children, women and men, the World Food Programme (WFP) must ensure that the food it delivers is safe, nutritious and of good quality.
The Beryl Cash Assistance Programme targets 11,500 people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in early July. The programme will provide relief and support to families in their recovery, ensuring access to food, water and other essential needs.
This contribution is particularly crucial in a context where millions of families are struggling to meet their basic food and nutrition needs due to the compounding effects of the climate crisis, conflicts and insecurity, and the high costs of food and fuel in West Africa which drive food out of reach for vulnerable families.
A small white UNHAS Dash 8 airplane taxis down the rough tarmac of tiny Beni airport in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province, raising a cloud of dust on a sunny morning – along with hopes for this conflict-torn region.
This is not just a routine flight. It is a lifeline.
Contact details for the UN World Food Programme's (WFP's) headquarters in Rome, and information on how to contact our country offices and media, fundraising, careers and procurement teams.
Hoe in hand, Godelive Niyonagira heads to her fields in the quiet hills of Muyinza village, some 130 km south of Rwanda’s capital Kigali. The warm sun chases away a chilly wind that sweeps through the high slopes.Niyonagira has a maize crop to manage, which fits into her bigger plan: to renovate her home and secure medical insurance.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is working to link its governments and partners’ social protection and disaster risk reduction programmes with a more comprehensive set of innovative tools including disaster risk management, risk transfer, and financial inclusion.
