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Traditionally a month of festivities, when families gather over traditional foods to break their day-long fast, this year millions will be struggling to buy even the most basic foods for their families as the war in Ukraine has pushed food prices even higher than the troubling levels at the start of the year. “We are extremely concerned about the millions of people in this region who are alread

The world is facing the climate crisis.

This strategic agreement builds on WFP’s current Country Strategic Plan for Kenya (2018-2023) which will see a shift away from the direct delivery of food assistance to strengthening the capacities of national and county institutions to offer appropriate hunger solutions to vulnerable and food insecure people. Similarly, we note, for example, the current Strategic Plan (2018-2022) of the State

The latest Hunger Hotspots report provides a telling reminder of critical humanitarian emergencies that risk falling under the radar while the world’s attention is on the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

“There are already worrying signs that access, affordability, and the availability of food is shrinking for most people in Sudan, which is pushing more people deeper into poverty and hunger,” said Eddie Rowe, WFP Representative and Country Director in Sudan. In recent months, there has been a surge in the numbers of people displaced due to conflict in parts of Darfur and the Kordofan region.

Deicy Cuero recalls the desperate times when she and her husband José Ochoa were left knocking on neighbours’ doors for help — they even resorted to approaching strangers in the street. “When the need for food is that great, so many things go through your mind — especially when your son asks you, ‘What time are we eating breakfast?',” she says. The couple and their family had migrat

A Field-Level Agreement (FLA) is the main agreement used in all types of NGO partnership arrangements. It is used in all circumstances where NGOs handle WFP resources or implement activities on WFP's behalf. An FLA promotes global consistency in the partnership cycle and gives both parties the assurance that their interests are protected by law. 

“Providing food assistance to vulnerable families in times of crisis is at the core of WFP’s life-saving mandate.

WFP’s efforts to achieve zero hunger can be strengthened by providing the energy beneficiaries need for producing, transforming and consuming food, which will enhance both their food security and nutrition. Find out more on how people’s food security can be enhanced with improved energy access.