“Many of the world’s most fragile countries, ravaged by conflict, instability, and poverty, are those most impacted by climate change. The climate crisis doesn’t have to be a hunger crisis, but that’s exactly what’s happening,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain.
The longest drought in the Horn of Africa’s recorded history has left 4.4 million people in Kenya facing crisis levels of hunger or worse. Almost 1.5 million young children and women are acutely malnourished and nearly 3 million livestock have perished.
“The hunger emergency in Kenya is far from over.
This contribution will allow WFP to implement the EU HAF services from March to December 2023, utilizing WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) capacities and deployment on the ground, with a focus on Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
These flights aim to facilitate key access through humanitarian air transport services to populations in need of assistanc
During the lean season (June-August), the funding contributed to help WFP meet the food needs of 1.2 million people whose ability to meet their basic food and nutrition needs had over the years decreased due to insecurity, the impact of climate change, and rising food prices.
“Our priority in 2022 was to help contain the food crisis among people affected by insecurity while reinforcing famili
In a keynote address at the first edition focusing on the Women in Agriculture Value Chain,
H.E. May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway to India, said: “we are very excited by this collaboration with WFP in India on women in agriculture, building on the global partnership between Norway and WFP.
In her remarks, the USAID Mission Director said: “USAID is committed to continue to strengthen community resilience and accelerate sustainable development, which empowers Zimbabweans to better cope with the stressors such as the drought caused by the El Niño climate pattern.”
According to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report, 26 percent of the rural population will n
As climate change increases the probability of climate-related disasters, people living in vulnerable areas and whose livelihoods are dependent on the weather grow at risk. For women, this risk increases as climate-related disasters can exacerbate pre-existing inequalities.
BISSAU – A high-level delegation from the Government of the Kingdom of Spain today concluded a two-day visit to Guinea-Bissau to assess progress on a US$ 6.7 million nutrition project funded by the Spanish debt-swap agreement with the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Led by the Spanish Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, Antonio González-Zavala Peña,
This new contribution will allow WFP to support nearly 600,000 people with food or cash assistance and provide over 250,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and more than 140,000 children with specialized nutritious food, ensuring they receive the critical nutrition and care they need.“Food security in Afghanistan is marginally improving, largely thanks to massive humanitarian assistance from pa
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