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Emergency and transition programming

Our Emergencies and Transitions Team ensures that WFP country offices have a framework designed to plan effective and efficient interventions in emergency situations.

Story | 22 May 2024

Gaza updates: WFP targets soup kitchens as supplies dwindle and bakeries close in Rafah

CLICK TO VIEW: LATEST NEWS RELEASES Updated 22 May 15:40 CEST (Read last update here) Humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse. Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah, 800,000 people, are on the move, looking for food and shelter in the middle areas of the Strip and in Khan Younis.

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Food safety and quality

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.

Publication | 21 March 2024

Optimizing early action and risk-financing opportunities: Evidence from WFP’s participation in the ARC Replica Initiative

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.

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Climate action

For millions of people across Africa, Asia and Latin America, climate change means more frequent and intense floods, droughts and storms, accounting each year for up to 90 percent of all climate-related disasters.

Publication | 02 April 2024

March 2024 – Informing national school feeding and nutrition policies and strategies in Bhutan

Bhutanese children and the wider public are experiencing the triple burden of malnutrition - undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.

Food Assistance For Assets: Improving Food Security and Building Resilience in Rwanda

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Video | 01 October 2019

Food Assistance For Assets: Improving Food Security and Building Resilience in Rwanda

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.

Operation | 26 August 2013

Nutrition Support for Children and Women

Story | 25 April 2024

In Ethiopia’s Somali Region, women build businesses and resilience to climate change

Sadiya starts her day early by letting out her goats from her backyard barn at Bokolmayo refugee camp, a collection of makeshift houses in Ethiopia’s Somali region. Whistling cheerfully, she leads them first to a water point nearby, then farther away to find a good grazing spot amid the cracked land.

News release | 19 June 2023

WFP reaches over one million people in Sudan with life-saving food assistance despite insecurity and access challenges

“The humanitarian needs have reached record levels in Sudan and there is still no sign of an end to the conflict,” says Eddie Rowe, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan. “WFP is doing everything possible to deliver life-saving assistance to millions of people in Sudan and thousands more who have fled to neighbouring countries, but we cannot do it alone.