The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet – ending conflict is high on the agenda.
1. Commit to political solutions to end conflicts now – including the immediate reopening of all Black Sea ports
2. Ensure trade is open to deliver grains, oil an
The Pakistan floods – which inundated a third of the country - claimed over 1,700 lives, uprooted eight million people, and destroyed homes, schools, health facilities, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure.
This report shows that economic factors remain primary determinants of food security, with 23 percent of households classified as food insecure and 74 percent vulnerable to food insecurity.
Over the years, Pakistan has become a food surplus country and a major producer of wheat which it distributes to needy populations through various mechanisms, including the World Food Programme (WFP).
A partnership between WFP and Khalsa Aid International will deliver vitally needed support to Yemen and to refugees who have fled from Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Sudan.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) would like to congratulate journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
This award is a prestigious acknowledgement of the important role that Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov have played in promoting peace.
WFP, the 2020 Laureate, is delighted to pass the torch on, convinced that the world’s n
The World Food Programme (WFP) is in a “race against time” to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, its executive director David Beasley has warned.
A total 22.8 million people, more than half the population, face acute hunger as temperatures plummet below zero.
“What’s happening in Afghanistan is just horrific,” said Beasley, who has just visited.
WFP has provided 12 Cash Based Transfers distributions within 7 months in North Kivu in 2015 :
- 2 by Electronic cash using one telecommunication
company
- 6 distributing cash via a local Bank as the financial Partner
- 4 using value vouchers with direct payments to local retailers