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The project aims to mitigate the risks posed by climate shocks and their impact on communities, while enhancing food security for those most at risk. Its primary goals are to engage communities to reduce disasters risks, ensure sustainable livelihoods all year-around and strengthen national and local disaster management systems.

Their call comes ahead of the COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace which will seek transformative measures on the frontlines of the climate crisis and will be officially launched on 3 December at COP28.    The Global Stocktake, the first report card on the Paris Agreement, has shown that the world is coming dangerously close to permanently passing the critical 1.5°

Recognizing the pivotal role of Homegrown School Feeding in human capital development and economic growth, ECOWAS practitioners and partners commit to position HGSF prominently on the regional and Africa-wide agendas.

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.

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.