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The World Food Programme (WFP) has joined a coalition of stakeholders- the Better than Cash Alliance, UNCDF, UNSGSA, UN Women, Women’s World Banking and the World Bank- that are set on reaching financial equality for women.

Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate crises and variability. Recurrent droughts are one of the major causes of livelihood disruptions in the country, especially in pastoral areas like the Somali Region, where extreme weather events lead to failure of livestock production, water shortages and prolonged periods of food insecurity.

“Nearly a third of the population of Afghanistan currently does not know where their next meal will come from and they urgently need humanitarian food security assistance,“ said Ambassador Takayoshi Kuromiya, “Japan continues to stand with the people of Afghanistan and also invests into the future of the country through our support to WFP’s work with primary school girl and boy students.” With

Sudan is sliding into catastrophe, with famine conditions recorded in the Zamzam camp for displaced people near the conflict-riven town of El Fasher in North Darfur.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has long enlisted the voluntary services and support of prominent figures as Goodwill Ambassadors, Advocates and High-Level Supporters to help bring attention to global hunger.

WFP led urban cash distributions in 7 district towns, namely Balaka, Nsanje, Neno, Machinga, Mangochi, Dedza and Salima reaching 53,000 people (11,000 households).   WFP Malawi, as co-lead of the National Logistics Cluster, has provided logistical support to the COVID-19 Response ensuring that augmented storage, transport capacity, and engineering support are available to the Government

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Agile Regional Procurement.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)

WFP will provide supplementary feeding and nutrition services to 14,000 children under two, and pregnant women and nursing mothers for the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition.