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This contribution marks Brazil's third donation to the UN World Food Programme. The funds arrive at a critical juncture when Namibia grapples with the enduring consequences of drought, soaring food costs, and the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the past three years, an innovative cash-assistance project in Turkey has enabled 1.7 million refugees to meet their basic needs and start building new lives — in doing so, it has provided a blueprint for humanitarian cash assistance to refugees living within more economically developed communities.

The programme was funded by the UN Joint SDG Fund, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom and Norway. Derived from the Malagasy word “to rescue,” the Fagnavotse programme is one of the first integrated programme jointly implemented in three municipal districts in the south of Madagascar by UNICEF, WFP, ILO and the UNFPA, over a two-year period.

On school days, one hundred children gather in front of Bisang Elementary and pour into the three mismatched structures that make up their classrooms: two huts fashioned out of what materials are available nearby and a concrete building on loan from local authorities. “It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing,” says Mary Jean Digan, a teacher here in the mountain Barangay (village) o

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, good morning to you all.   As you have heard from our previous speakers, one thing is very clear from the latest edition of the State of Food Security report: the world is badly off-track in our efforts to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030.  Despite our collective commitment, with only six years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, more

Tanzania is a lower-middle-income country with a population of 61 million. The country has experienced steady economic growth in recent years. However, 27 percent of the population still live below the poverty line and an additional 8 percent live in extreme poverty.

Partnering to complement efforts

 A shy smile lights up Rainatou’s face as she talks about her former profession: weaving traditional Fulani mats from her home in northern Burkina Faso.

The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,600 islands. For two consecutive years, the Philippines has had the highest disaster risk worldwide due to its exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards compounded with low coping capacities.

The Republic of Türkiye has benefited from continuous economic growth over the past two decades.