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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea has released USD 200,000 in humanitarian assistance dedicated to Lao PDR’s response to COVID-19. This donation will enable WFP to continue its food assistance to migrant workers in 18 quarantine centres across 7 provinces of Lao PDR.

School feeding first started in Laos in 2002, with a pilot programme by the Ministry of Education and Sports and WFP, in which 30,000 primary school children in Phongsaly, Oudomxay and Luangnamtha provinces were provided with mid-morning snacks. Starting from the 2016-2017 school year, more nutritious cooked meals replaced the mid-morning snacks.

At Bouansa, a busy intersection on the highway linking Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, a new product is available on roadside stalls. Packaged in bags of about 1 kg, gari — a toasted cassava flour — is being sold to passers-by. ‘Gari' originates from West Africa.

“The work of the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies is essential to address food insecurity in Lao PDR,” said Ambassador McCain. “Together with the Lao Government, the three agencies work to reduce hunger, improve learning and nutrition outcomes for primary school students, strengthen livelihoods of small-holder farmers, and bolster resilience of the country’s food systems.

This article marks International Women's Day 2021: ‘Choose to challenge’   They come from a variety of backgrounds and have overcome a variety of obstacles, but the five voices below share a message: Yes we can.    ‘Three decades ago, when I would go into a meeting, I was the only woman’ — Konjit Kidane, Chief of Procurement   At the beginning of

The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing life-saving food assistance to around 680,000 people who have escaped violence in Myanmar. Families settling in the sprawling refugee camps around Cox's Bazar receive WFP monthly rations of rice, lentils and oil. However, making a meal out of these ingredients can be a challenge.

‘’In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, people were so very desperate.’’ said Lola Castro, WFP’s Regional Director for Southern Africa.

A Syrian beekeeper rebuilds his life and business thanks to WFP's beekeeping programme. Six years ago, Adnan Al-Outani owned land with 500 beehives, 40 blooming apricot trees, and one very successful honey shop. They were his passion and source of income. Every year, his beehives would produce around 3,000 kilos of honey.

Thousands of kilometres from Bangladesh, my 82-year-old grandmother has figured out how to order her groceries online with curbside pickup from Texas-favourite supermarket H-E-B.

The lockdown of East Ghouta for the past four years has left 400,000 people cut off from a regular supply of food, medicines and other essentials. Their bid for survival worsened this past September when the only remaining supply route into the enclave, the Al Wafideen camp crossing point, was shut down.