ROME – Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries, a new UN early warning report has found.
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.
Hunger in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has increased almost fourfold over the past two years - from 2.2 million people in 2018 to close to 8 million people in 2021 – a result of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and years of extreme climate events. Of this figure, 1.7 million people are in the ‘Emergency’ category of food insecurity and require urgent food assistance.
As climate talks get underway in Glasgow, families in Southern Madagascar, where climate is driving famine-like conditions, brace themselves for yet another harsh year ahead as the ongoing drought shows no signs of abating, signaling deteriorating hunger.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is working around the clock to deliver food assistance to communities across Sudan facing acute hunger. WFP’s priority is providing vital aid across 14 areas in the country to people who have been left either in famine or at risk of slipping into famine after 500 days of relentless conflict.
Cette étude a été réalisée dans le but de mieux cerner, comprendre et analyser les déterminants et facteurs sous-jacents des écarts alimentaires, d’explorer les habitudes alimentaires des enfants d’âge scolaire dans cette région ainsi que d’analyser l’influence du niveau socio-économique sur les habitudes et le comportement alimentaire, et de développer des outils d’éducation nutritionnelle.
The initiative is a partnership of the Issyk Kul Regional Development Foundation, Good Neighbors International in the Kyrgyz Republic, and the United Nations World Food Programme’s Optimising the National School Meals programme for the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Partners supported the construction of the greenhouse to ensure that the children can enjoy organic
This article marks the International Day of Education (24 January) which recognizes that 258 million children and youth still do not attend school... and celebrates learning heroes
Each morning you can find Assoura Mahamadou hard at work at his butcher’s shop on the outskirts of Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu.
On 29 June, Mr Paul Turnbull presented his letters of credence to Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and reiterated WFP’s commitment to working with the Government to save lives and change lives while strengthening capacities to respond to climatic shocks.
“WFP appreciates the collaborative relationship it has with the Government of Malawi in addressing food and nutrition security in t