The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on how people earn a living and meet critical needs. The Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey was launched by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to rapidly gather data on impacts to livelihoods, food security and access to markets.
To develop stronger national resilience to disasters and the climate crisis, WFP supports the Royal Government of Bhutan’s (RGoB) DRR initiatives in the five areas of governance and coordination, data preparedness, logistics, emergency telecommunications, and food security.
CERFAM’s Bulletin is a quarterly publication intended to inform about good practices and progress in Food and Nutrition Security in West and Central Africa and in Africa.
“As you have already heard, the Famine Review Committee has warned of a real prospect of famine by May, with over 500,000 people at risk if the threat is allowed to materialize.
Even before October, two-thirds of the people in Gaza were supported with food assistance.
Bhutan is currently experiencing a transition in nutrition and food consumption patterns among its populations, especially school children and adolescents. WFP partners with the Ministry of Education is currently in the process of developing a social behaviour change strategy for nutrition in Bhutan
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.
The devastating storm brought life-threatening winds, heavy rain and severe storm surges, upending lives and livelihoods. It left thousands of people homeless, uprooting trees, downing power lines, littering roads with debris and cutting off water supply in several island states in the Caribbean.
“Distance Unknown” is an awareness art campaign on the complicated realities faced by people on the move, through an exhibition co-produced with migrants.
“This wheat production project to the tune of USD 75 million financed by the African Development Bank became the heart of production in the critical moment in Sudan. It provided food security, yielding 645,000 metric tonnes of wheat this year, and also became a critical crisis response intervention to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).