Liberia has made significant development strides over the last decade, trying to reduce poverty and expand basic service delivery to its population, and transitioning from one democratically elected Government to another.
In Burundi’s southern Rumonge province, Amina Hakizimana escaped the worst of heavy flooding that battered her village late last year, thanks to early warning messages and World Food Programme (WFP) cash allowing her to reinforce her home.
More than 2,000 kilometres away in Southern Africa, WFP provided drought-tolerant seeds, fertiliser and boreholes to Zimbabwean farmers like Ledina
WFP requires US$161 million immediately to avert a suspension of its refugee assistance programme over the next six months and provide life-saving assistance to crisis-affected communities in Chad including 519,000 Sudanese and Central African refugees.
Refugee communities in Chad already face severe malnutrition levels, with some areas seeing acute malnutrition rates of over 19% and chronic ma
Before the most recent three-day armed conflict this month, most families were already struggling to recover from the dire impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Ukraine crisis on their livelihoods and access to basic food needs.
“WFP is grateful for this contribution that comes amidst an exceptionally difficult global humanitarian and socio-economic situation exacerbated by the war in
The contribution comes at a tipping point in Syria whereby food affordability is becoming increasingly challenging following consecutive shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, global food and fuel price crisis, and the war in Ukraine.
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.
Food fortification is the addition of important micronutrients to foods, like rice, to enhance its nutritional value safely and cost-effectively. While the fortification of salt, fish sauce, and soy sauce with iodine and/or folate has been practiced for a number of years in Cambodia, rice fortification is still relatively new to the country.
“The contribution agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and WFP on the provision of food assistance in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste comes at the right moment as many communities are struggling to meeting their food needs due to the pandemic and natural disasters like last year’s cyclone.
The climate crisis is changing the entire world. But its impacts are particularly severe in the Caribbean - the second most hazard prone region in the world.