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Haiti, one of the poorest countries globally and within the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) is extremely vulnerable to climate change and extreme events, which, when coupled with ongoing political unrest, insecurity and instability, exacerbates its rapid economic decline.

As world nations gathered in the United Arab Emirates for COP28 to evaluate climate goals and hammer out solutions for methane pollution, fossil fuels and funding shortfalls in climate finance, the World Food Programme (WFP) and partners remained hard at work helping millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cope with the region’s climate emergency. MENA, where climate disas

This contribution is particularly crucial in a context where millions of families are struggling to meet their basic food and nutrition needs due to the compounding effects of the climate crisis, conflicts and insecurity, and the high costs of food and fuel in West Africa which drive food out of reach for vulnerable families.

Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, the Pre-Summit event will bring together the efforts and contributions of a global engagement process to shape ambition to transform food systems.

The Global Alliance aims to better align domestic and international support to help countries build and implement programmes and policy instruments that reduce hunger and poverty.WFP was invited by the Brazilian G20 Presidency to take part in the G20 Task Force which created the founding documents of the Global Alliance.

Japan’s contribution  comes in as the conflict in Sudan enters its tenth month and continues to spread across the country, resulting in record levels of hunger and displacement.   This support will enable WFP to provide emergency food rations to over 55,000 of the most food-insecure people for 12 months. “The situation in Sudan is already catastrophic and continues to worsen by t

“Amid already worrying levels of hunger and malnutrition, we are obliged to choose between the hungry and the starving, leaving millions of families scrambling for their next meal,” said Hsiao-Wei Lee, WFP’s Country Director and Representative in Afghanistan.

This report presents the findings from the endline evaluation of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) programme for World Food Programme (WFP) School Feeding activities in Cambodia, covering the period 01 November 2019 to 30 September 2023 (with a no-cost extension agreed through September 2024).

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Agile Regional Procurement.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)