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WFP’s augmented response will target hard-to-reach areas like Menaka, where the number of people forced to flee their homes continues to rise - with hunger reaching catastrophic levels due to the combined effects of climate extremes and inter-communal violence. “Food insecurity has already reached alarming levels in Menaka.

U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Robert Ewing, Philippine Social Welfare and Development Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, and OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno attended the opening ceremony at the New Government Administrative Center in New Clark City, Tarlac. “The U.S.

For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are forecast to experience catastrophic (phase 5) levels of hunger – one step away from famine - including 42,000 in Burkina and 2,500 in Mali. The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19, and high food prices continue to drive up hunger and malnutrition in the region, with the number of people lacking regular access to safe and nutr

“Nearly a third of the population of Afghanistan currently does not know where their next meal will come from and they urgently need humanitarian food security assistance,“ said Ambassador Takayoshi Kuromiya, “Japan continues to stand with the people of Afghanistan and also invests into the future of the country through our support to WFP’s work with primary school girl and boy students.” With

The USD 1.25 million contribution provided by Japan in March 2021, has empowered up to 2,200 vulnerable households (approximately 11,000 individuals) in Mount Darwin and Matobo districts to enhance their food and nutrition security and find community solutions to seasonal shocks. At a community ceremony held today in Kanyoka (ward 11), Mount Darwin, WFP and partners officially handed over compl

The report found that many hotspots face growing hunger crises and highlights the worrying multiplier effect that simultaneous and overlapping shocks are having on acute food insecurity. Conflict, climate extremes, and economic shocks continue to drive vulnerable households into food crises.

The Director-General of FAO Qu Dongyu, the President of IFAD Alvaro Lario, and the Executive Director of WFP Cindy McCain visited communities who are grappling with the effects of severe weather events, which, coupled with a lack of infrastructure, are worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis, threatening farms and agro-pastoral livelihoods, and displacing communities. The visit comes after

The World Food Programme (WFP) has long enlisted the voluntary services and support of prominent figures as Goodwill Ambassadors, Advocates and High-Level Supporters to help bring attention to global hunger.

ROME – Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East – coupled with climate and economic stressors - is pushing millions of people to the brink.