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World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Investing in School Based Programmes.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)

A group of Kenyan women sits in a circle one recent afternoon, a metal box in the middle. It looks like a toolbox except for three telltale locks. Pocket-sized record books lie strewn on the floor. Money changes hands – many times.

"This contribution is part of China’s commitment to improving food security and nutrition, developing human capital, strengthening people's livelihoods, and boosting the local economy in Uganda," said H.E.

 CLICK TO VIEW: LATEST NEWS RELEASESUpdated 29 May 15:40 CEST  (Previous updates: 22 May, 17 May)The Israeli incursion in Rafah is having a devastating impact on civilians and humanitarian operations.

The Eastern Africa region continued to face increased humanitarian needs in 2023 driven by a combination of interconnected factors such as conflict, climate hazards, and economic shocks. Over five years, the number of food insecure people in the region doubled, reaching 63 million.

Chantal Matiko has been a driver for WFP in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2009. Here she talks about the challenges of the job, including surviving an armed ambush. "I am from a city called Bunia in the northeastern Ituri province. I had no vocation to become a driver — there was none among my family or friends.

WFP is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians caught up in the violence as military operations continue across northeastern Syria, around the towns of Ras al-Ayn in Hasakeh and Tell Abyad in Raqqa. WFP has so far provided immediate food assistance to more than 83,000 people fleeing towns in northeast Syria. The humanitarian situation is dire especially for those arriving at the collectiv

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) snapshot – released today – projects that over the coming months 1.95 million people in Gaza (91 percent of the population) will face acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or worse).

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Leading in Emergency Response.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)