A 14-truck food convoy – the first by WFP since it paused deliveries to the north on 20 February – was turned back by the Israeli Defence Force after a three-hour wait at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint.
“Although today’s convoy did not make it to the north to provide food to the people who are starving, WFP continues to explore every possible means to do so,” said Carl Skau, WFP’s Deputy Executive Di
To get to Zero Hunger, food is not enough. Providing food assistance in an emergency can save lives, but the right nutrition at the right time can also help change lives and break the cycle of poverty.
The project development objective (PDO) for the Additional Financing is to increase the utilization and quality of essential health and nutrition services in Afghanistan.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is dire and worsening, with over 18 million people, including 14 million women and children, affected by conflict, climate change, recurring disease and critical economic conditions.
Through this funding, WFP will provide families with food baskets comprising rice, pulses and cooking oil, to meet half their monthly food needs for a period of two months.
The winning projects from Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Peru, developed innovative and disruptive solutions to combat hunger in the region.
This publication by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provides an analysis of the State of School Feeding Worldwide in 2020. A report on the State of School Feeding Worldwide was first published by WFP in 2013.
VIEW LATEST NEWS RELEASESWorld Food Programme food security analysis has identified 44 hunger hotspot locations in Sudan – largely in areas of active fighting such as Khartoum, Kordofan, Darfur and Gezira – in which 2.6 million people are at high risk of falling into IPC5 conditions (red alert on the global standard for measuring hunger).
WFP aims to strengthen preparedness systems and processes, and enhance the coordination, optimization, and resilience of humanitarian supply chains and logistics, at both national and sub-national levels, enabling governments to manage and respond to shocks effectively and efficiently.
