WFP has provided High Energy Biscuits and rations of wheat flour, salt, vegetable oil and pulses. Distributions across both provinces are ongoing, while needs assessment teams are gathering information in earthquake-hit areas to uncover the full extent of the damage and determine priority humanitarian needs.
‘’This is an emergency on top of an emergency.
Education is everything for Francine, a mother of three from Ruhinga village in southern Rwanda. Despite the area still having a staggering 48 percent rate of stunting (impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition), residents have witnessed improvements over time. This gives them hope that their children will have a brighter future.
WFP Jordan responds to the food needs of 495,194 refugees, including 107,772 refugees in camps and 387,422 refugees in communities, through the provision of monthly food assistance in the form of cash-based transfers1.
The latest contribution makes USAID WFP’s most vital donor in 2020, supporting up to 280,000 displaced Iraqis and 76,000 Syrian refugees through cash and voucher assistance that meets their immediate food needs.
Climate-related disasters are a leading cause of hunger. Disaster Risk Reduction is a prerequisite for sustainable development and for eliminating hunger.
The EU’s humanitarian aid funding is made available to WFP so that the latter can provide food and nutritional assistance to refugees in Nyarugusu, Nduta and Mtendeli camps in Western Tanzania. The WFP and other UN agencies continue to work with the governments of Tanzania and Burundi to facilitate the voluntary returns of refugees to their homeland.
As a businesswoman, Mirriam Chipulu has one key aim: keeping her customers happy. In her line of work — food processing and retail — this means providing food that is healthy, affordable... and good.
That might sound simple but it’s not easy.
In Zimbabwe, a country beset by drought, the World Food Programme (WFP) supports smallholder farmers with soil conservation and similar projects for revitalising natural resources, to improve access to food. This year it has served more than 138,800 people across 12 districts in the country – Binga, Chimanimani Chipinge Mt.