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EWC Egypt – produced through Seven Circles’ Empowering Through initiative – features the recipes of 54 women from a variety of nationalities, religious and socio-economic backgrounds, who are currently living in the country. Recipes are accompanied by stories of empowerment, insights on pursuing one’s ambition, becoming an entrepreneur and real-life examples of women changing communities today.

An investment of EUR 500,000 (approx. US$ 520,000) from the French Alimentary Aid Programme will contribute to the prevention and treatment of wasting, a form of malnutrition where children fail to maintain an adequate weight for their height, compromising their health and development and significantly endangering their lives.

On 16 June, WFP launched a US$ 60 million emergency food and nutrition assistance for 3 million of the most at-risk Sri Lankans who are facing food insecurity in the face of a record high food inflation, skyrocketing fuel prices and widespread shortages of key commodities. Monthly food vouchers valued at Rs.

WFP has provided High Energy Biscuits and rations of wheat flour, salt, vegetable oil and pulses. Distributions across both provinces are ongoing, while needs assessment teams are gathering information in earthquake-hit areas to uncover the full extent of the damage and determine priority humanitarian needs. ‘’This is an emergency on top of an emergency.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for the immediate reopening of Black Sea ports – including Odesa – so that critical food from Ukraine can reach people facing food insecurity in countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen where millions are on the brink.  “We’re running out of time and the impact of inaction will be felt around the world for year

More than 200,000 refugees from Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, mostly women and children have been living in the Kigoma region of Tanzania.  The funding, which has been provided through the Korea International  Cooperation Agency (KOICA) comes at a critical time and will help WFP improve refugees’ food security.

The nutrition-in-schools campaign was developed jointly by WFP and MoEYS at a workshop attended by UN agencies, civil society organizations, the Ministry of Health and the Provincial Offices of Education from Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom and Siem Reap. “Many factors contribute to poor nutrition, and behaviour is one of them.

Over half a million people are estimated to have fled into Moldova from Ukraine since the start of the conflict. With around 90,000 remaining in Moldova, the country is hosting more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country. While many refugees who stayed in Moldova are living with host families, approximately three thousand are staying in the 70 RACs across the country.

Both communities are being hit hard by the adverse effects of the war in Ukraine, notably rapid food price inflation. The assistance earmarked for the south is to be distributed primarily during the next “lean” season – October 2022-March 2023 – when needs are most acute.  “The Government of Japan is extremely concerned about the food security situation in Mozambique”, said Kimura Hajim

Visiting the drought-stricken areas of Malawi, Ms. Reena Ghelani, the UN Climate Crisis Coordinator for El Niño / La Niña Response, Dr. Menghestab Haile and Dr.