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One year ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) suffered the devastating loss of eight of our dear friends and colleagues who were on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.This tragedy, which claimed the lives of Ekta Adhikari, Maria Pilar Buzzetti, Virginia Chimenti, Harina Hafitz, Zhen-Zhen Huang, Mick Ryan, Djordje Vdovic and Victor Tsang, marked one of WFP's darkest days.The commitment of all the d

The Strategic Plan (2017–2021) aligns WFP with the 2030 Agenda, focusing on ending hunger and contributing to revitalized global partnerships to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It sets out WFP's vision to lift the most vulnerable and marginalized people out of hunger through all of us working together.

‘’We thank the Government of India and its people for this timely contribution,’’ WFP Afghanistan Country Director Mary-Ellen Mcgroarty said, ‘’There are mothers and families who do not have enough food to eat, they are facing severe hunger and every donation of food assistance will go a long way.

The current situation results from a combination of factors including years of drought which have led to significant drops in food production and grazing land losses, and the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Green shoots of promise are pushing up from the conflict-scarred earth of Darfur, in western Sudan. Literally.  Primary schools are growing potatoes. tomatoes and spinach on government-allocated land.

A tattered football sails off the field at Shree Kakani Ganesh Primary School, in the central Nepalese village of Kakani. The game pauses, as 12-year-old team captain Ravi stops and strains his ears.

Annual Country Reports (ACR) are a key accountability document produced by country offices on a yearly basis which inform donors how their funds were used during the reporting year. Their purpose is to tell WFP’s performance story in an accurate, transparent and evidence-based manner by assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of our operations in our pursuit towards zero hunger.

This contribution will directly benefit 122,000 people including 94,000 schoolchildren and 27,000 food-insecure people, including internally displaced persons and those affected by climate change in the central and northern regions of Mali. "I thank the Government of Japan for this generous contribution to WFP's work in Mali," said Sally Haydock, WFP’s Country Director and Representative.

More than 750,000 people 31 counties across eight states have been affected by the floods including 365,000 who have been displaced.

Findings and recommendations to inform new policies and country strategic plans