Highlights of the WFP and EU partnership in 2023. Find out about our work together as we save lives and build better futures for communities around the globe.
Individuals and communities who contribute the least to the climate crisis are bearing the brunt of its impacts, with limited means to cope. Through pre-arranged financing triggered by pre-identified risk parameters, ARC Replica offers timely humanitarian assistance that can limit the impact of a crisis.
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.
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.
Most countries in West and Central Africa are distinguishable by high levels of poverty, exacerbated by a range of risks – drought, floods, conflict, and displacement to name a few. Many are disproportionately affected by climate change, which deepens underlying vulnerabilities and worsens the inextricable linkages between poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition.
Bhutanese children and the wider public are experiencing the triple burden of malnutrition - undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
It’s a week since Bashir Abdi, his wife and nine children fled to the Iftin camp for displaced people, outside the town of Beletweyne in central Somalia.
“I was forced to move by the flash floods.
Extreme weather caused by climate change is affecting farmers’ livelihoods in Rwanda. The Saemaul Zero Hunger Communities Project (SZHC) aims to improve food security, reduce poverty levels among vulnerable populations, and increase living standards in Rwanda’s poorest districts by increasing access to livelihood assets.
“There is only one way to describe what I saw today: apocalyptic. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened; homes destroyed, schools and shops closed; lives torn apart. The scale of devastation here is truly incomprehensible,” said Beasley.
The Executive Director visited Antakya, which suffered significant loss of life and massive destruction.