The Weeknd contributed US$1 to the Fund from each ticket sold for his North American Stadium Tour, as well as proceeds of an exclusive XO Humanitarian Fund/U.N. World Food Programme tour t-shirt. The Weeknd’s corporate partners, tour venues and supporters also stepped up to donate. WFP USA’s Board of Directors, together with U.S.
Every year, the World Food Programme (WFP) rehabilitates almost 200,000 hectares of land around the world – more than twice the size of New York City.
Currently, at a time of unprecedented hunger, 33 percent of global soils are degraded, directly affecting half of the world’s population, particularly in rural areas.
“When I came back home, they were already attacking us,” says Salome. “My house was destroyed. I lost eight people from my family. My husband and my eldest son were killed.
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The UN World Food Programme warns that without urgent funding, one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement crises in northern Mozambique risks becoming a hunger emergency as families continue to flee insurgent violence. The displacement has left at least 730,000 people in Cabo Delgado with no access to their lands and no means of earning a living.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has a presence in over 120 countries and territories. We bring life-saving assistance in emergencies and support sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 action points to achieve peace and prosperity agreed by the United Nations Member States in 2015. WFP's main focus is SDG 2: Zero Hunger.