The People Policy, approved in June 2021, provides a framework for excellence in people management and to establish mutual accountability between the organization, its managers and all its employees.
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.
In Ukraine, it’s the scale of things that strikes one the most – the scale of the challenge, of the threat, of the country itself.
“We spend days on the move every month,” says Matthew Hollingworth, the World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Ukraine. “And I mean that literally – days travelling, on the road.
International soccer superstar Son Heung-Min has joined the World Food Programme (WFP) as a Goodwill Ambassador – the South Korean joins a host of high-profile figures lending their support to the organization as it seeks to respond to a global hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions.
Son, 30, transferred to English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur from the Bundesliga’s Bayer
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
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.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has long enlisted the voluntary services and support of prominent figures as Goodwill Ambassadors, Advocates and High-Level Supporters to help bring attention to global hunger.
In the face of this global crisis, WFP and UNICEF are working together to track, through an online map, this global cohort of school children, and helping national governments to find ways to support them during the pandemic.