Sudan has been hit by heavy rains and floods since August that are disrupting the planting season and will affect output. Nearly 5,000 hectares of land have already been damaged or destroyed. Meanwhile, insecurity continues to restrict people’s access to farmlands in the Darfurs. We had the opportunity to visit people in the IDP camps in Darfur recently.
Approximately US$ 2 million from the Korean government's donation is for food and cash assistance, logistics support for the recent UN Flash appeal for Ukraine, and US$ 1 million is for WFP’s aid to refugees from Ukraine in Moldova. This is the second contribution from Korea since the Ukraine crisis.
January
The World Food Programme marks the 2010 Haiti Earthquake anniversary—on 12 January that year, up to 300,000 people were killed following the magnitude 7.0 quake which struck at 4:53 p.m. Within 30 seconds, a world turned upside down.
Six months of war in Ukraine have claimed thousands of civilian lives and uprooted millions of people. Many families who remain in areas close to frontlines are struggling to access food after commercial supply lines were disrupted.
Afghanistan and Myanmar will receive AUD 21 million to help WFP meet the food needs of millions of people. In Afghanistan, economic distress due to COVID-19, conflict, and drought have pushed 14 million - 1 in 3 Afghans – into acute food insecurity. In Myanmar, the political crisis, job losses and the pandemic mean 3.4 million more people will struggle to put food on the table.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) would like to congratulate journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
This award is a prestigious acknowledgement of the important role that Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov have played in promoting peace.
WFP, the 2020 Laureate, is delighted to pass the torch on, convinced that the world’s n