It's not even noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, and the thermometer is already hovering near 40 degrees Celsius. The unpaved road to the village is bumpy and sandy.
This factsheet provides a concise overview of the work of the World Food Programme, summarizing the facts, figures and frontline work of the world's largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives.
The project aims to mitigate the risks posed by climate shocks and their impact on communities, while enhancing food security for those most at risk. Its primary goals are to engage communities to reduce disasters risks, ensure sustainable livelihoods all year-around and strengthen national and local disaster management systems.
The El Niño impact is exacerbating the devastating effects of the climate crisis in Malawi. The country is still suffering from the impacts of tropical storms and cyclones in 2022 and 2023 and the compounded effect is to push up to 40 percent of Malawi’s population into hunger, threatening both lives and livelihoods.
The funding, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), will support the Government's priorities in achieving food security and broadening access to high-quality nutrition by boosting Tajik youth, creating links to equitable and sustainable access to specialized knowledge, innovation, and a more favourable business environment.
“The South Korean Government has officially design
Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in a camp in north-western Uganda, served by the World Food Programme and its partners.
This contribution is especially critical now, as WFP struggles to respond to the heightened food and nutrition needs of crisis-affected people during the lean season stretching from June to August. In 2023, WFP plans to reach 3.6 million people in Niger with food and nutrition assistance.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, alongside Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria, among the World Food Programme’s biggest emergencies – reeling from decades of conflict and climate change that continue to reduce people’s access to the most basic foods, increasing hunger to unprecedented levels.
As WFP grapples with a global funding crisis and growing humanitarian needs, the horrific stories
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, good morning to you all.
As you have heard from our previous speakers, one thing is very clear from the latest edition of the State of Food Security report: the world is badly off-track in our efforts to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030.
Despite our collective commitment, with only six years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, more