Shupikai Chaparapata points to the crops sprouting on either side of a sandy path cutting through her field in Zimbabwe’s northeastern Mudzi district. To her left, her maize is yellow and wilted from unrelenting dry weather.
The publication "Ensuring Sustainable Financing of School Meals in West Africa" explores the importance of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes, which provide nutritious, locally-sourced meals to schoolchildren. These programmes support local economies and enhance children's education and health.
Whether saving lives in emergencies or working with communities to improve food security and nutrition, the World Food Programme (WFP) cannot achieve its mission without its employees maintaining the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Up to 24 million people could slip into emergency hunger over the next 12 months, according to new figures from the World Food Programme (WFP) – the UN organization is being forced to make drastic cuts to most of its operations as funding plummets.
WFP’s new calculation concludes that every 1 percent cut to its food assistance means 400,000 pushed from crisis to emergency hunger.