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As we approach the 6-month mark in the conflict, famine is ever closer in the north of Gaza. Malnutrition among children is spreading at record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or “wasted”. Some 70 percent of the population in the North is facing catastrophic hunger

The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial and humanitarian supply lines, the report said.

WFP has stepped up its emergency response to support victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and Türkiye, providing emergency food assistance to nearly two million quake-affected people in the two countries through hot meals, emergency ready-to-eat food packages and family food rations.

WFP is concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of people who have become displaced due to the violence in northeast Syria. Since 9 October, large numbers of people have fled the towns of Ras al-Ayn in Hasakeh and Tell Abyad in Raqqa, though some have since returned to their places of origin.

Hosted by Italy, the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit will be held in Rome from Mon 26 to Weds 28 July, with a vast virtual programme and platform.

The report predicts that the outlook for June-November 2022 sees a slight improvement in the food security situation, with a reduction in the number of people facing acute food insecurity to 18.9 million people.

When I was eight years old, a severe drought devastated my small village in Zimbabwe. A blistering heatwave dried up our river; it destroyed our crops, killed our livestock and left us starving. One day I was so weak from hunger that I collapsed onto the ground. In fact, in my young mind, I thought I was going to die. Fortunately, a fellow African who worked for the United Nations found me.

Speakers at the event included: Mr Justin McGowan, Commissioner General EXPO 2020, Australia, Ms. Dena Assaf, UN Resident Coordinator in UAE, Dr. Moez El Shohdi, President & CEO, Food Banking Regional Network and Ms. Caterina Galluzzi, Deputy Director, UN WFP, GCC. Globally, enough food is produced to feed the world’s 7 billion people, yet 811 million people still go to bed hungry each night.

During their visit, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and WFP Executive Director David Beasley will meet the Lao PDR Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as well as the ministers for Foreign Affairs and Agriculture. They will visit several sites where a food security and nutrition project is being implemented to help boost nutrition in rural areas, in joint collaboration between FAO, IF

Between June and August 2022, the World Food Programme completed the evaluation and conducted a total of 7,097 household and travel group surveys, ensuring representative samples for five population groups: i) Venezuelan migrants with a vocation for permanence, ii) migrants Venezuelans in transit, iii) commuting Venezuelan migrants, iv) Colombian returnees and v) host communities.