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When rations were cut to those fleeing violence in Mosul, Iraq, unearmarked funding from the Swedish Government meant the World Food Programme (WFP) was soon able to replenish its stocks of food. In Somalia, ‘flexible funding' means children and pregnant mothers fleeing drought and conflict get the food and nutrients they need thanks to ongoing contributions. Likewise, flexible funding m

Story by Daniel Hassan "We were a happy family in South Sudan. But in those times of insecurity, there was no education and no food. I came to Uganda because of war and hunger. You know when someone is feeling hungry, you see their face is not smiling. You can feel annoyed and not good with the people around you. You don't care about others and you don't feel ok.

"Every time I arrive at a school to deliver food for school meals, I'm welcomed by children joyfully shouting ‘Porridge! Porridge! Porridge!" — Stanley, Driver, Malawi "I have on more than three occasions slept on the road when my truck got stuck in the mud or when the roads were impassable due to poor conditions.

It's market day in Azam Kura. Clasping his hands, Lawan Mal, the village headman, watches with delight as buyers and sellers converge on the newly constructed marketplace.

Fortunately, since we talked about this back in April the world really listened. Donors, leaders all over the world responded, they acted. Countries large and small took extraordinary measures to save the lives of their citizens and support their economies, spending $17 trillion on fiscal stimulus and central bank support.

Reflecting on a record year for emergencies Flexible funding has never been more essential to the work of the World Food Programme. In 2019 the agency dealt with a record number of emergencies — 8 at the highest level of 3, and 12 at Level 2 — fuelled chiefly by conflict and climate change. Conflicts in Yemen and Syria raged on, with millions displaced and facing chronic food insecuri