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News release | 02 October 2024

Republic of Korea provides additional support for refugees in Uganda

The number of refugees in Uganda has almost tripled in the past ten years from over 600,000 in 2014 to 1.7 million in 2024.

News release | 09 July 2021

USAID and WFP: Saving lives together in South Sudan for 10 Years

Years of conflict, displacement, and environmental shocks have led to chronic hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and the loss of many lives in the world’s youngest country.

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Clusters and multistakeholder partnerships

Coordinated efforts to end hunger

News release | 24 September 2024

Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam camp receive vital food, as WFP faces a race against time to save lives

WFP is working tirelessly to get aid into the hands of people who are facing starvation, and we are saving thousands of lives every single day in Sudan. So far this year, we’ve supported 5.4 million people with life-saving food and nutrition assistance. As we speak, we are urgently getting basic staple foods into the hands of 180,000 people facing famine in Zamzam camp.

News release | 20 March 2023

Government of India and WFP sign cooperation agreement for 2023-27

Effective for five years, the agreement was signed in New Delhi between Elisabeth Faure, WFP Country Director in India and Manoj Ahuja, Agriculture Secretary, Government of India, in the presence of Honourable Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response

In recent years, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been managing complex emergencies, natural disasters, and epidemics and pandemics. Emergency preparedness refers to a set of elements that allows us and our partners to be effective, efficient and timely when crises erupt.

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Seasonal and agricultural monitoring

Assessing the development of agricultural growing seasons and its impact on the lives and livelihoods of local populations enables the World Food Programme (WFP) to keep track of events and highlight situations of humanitarian concern.

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South-South and Triangular Cooperation

South-South and triangular cooperation covers the direct exchange of knowledge, experiences, skills, resources and technical know-how among developing countries, often assisted by a donor or multilateral organization, such as WFP. This “triangular” facilitation may take the form of funding, training, management, technological systems, or other types of support.

News release | 10 October 2023

WFP calls for humanitarian corridors as it launches an emergency operation for Gaza and the West Bank

For Editors: Photos here Video here ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide critical food assistance to over 800,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank who are facing dire circumstances, lacking access to food, water, and essential supplies. WFP calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to facilita

News release | 05 April 2024

First food aid in months reaches Darfur, yet limited humanitarian access is worsening Sudan's hunger catastrophe

Two convoys crossed the border from Chad into Darfur in late March, carrying food and nutrition assistance for around 250,000 people facing acute hunger in North, West and Central Darfur.