“We have dashboards in place with a number of different datasets,” says Lifelile Moakhi – an economist with the office of the Prime Minister of Lesotho – brimming with energy in her office in capital Maseru.
On Wednesday (31 May), the Government of the landlocked kingdom of around 2 million people in southern Africa launched a GIS (geospatial information systems) platform, facilitated by th
By Peyvand Khorsandi
"For the first time we're seeing the potential for peace to bring prosperity," says Matthew Hollingsworth, the World Food Programme's (WFP) Country director in South Sudan. "And what happens?
It is aimed at providing lessons and insights to help guide WFP’s positioning in relation to HIV and nutrition so as to improve operations at the country level and accountability to affected populations.
The evaluation concluded that:
The adequacy and performance of the HIV/AIDS and nutrition policies have followed two very different pathways, with nutrition now playing a central role in
Under this strategic partnership, Dubai Holding will kick off the first joint campaign ‘A Meal for a Brighter Tomorrow’ this Ramadan up until Eid Al Adha, pledging to enable school meals to reach children in need.
Famine has been confirmed in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.
The declaration for Zamzam camp is a result of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints.
Syria rarely makes the headlines these days, at least not for the 12 million people who are food-insecure after more than 11 years of conflict – that’s more than half the population.
In September, I went there to see what life is like for people wrestling with unrelenting crises for all this time.
I wanted to help shine a light on the realities the Syrian people grapple with every
Prior to COVID-19, close to 129 million children in the Asia and the Pacific region received school meals, primarily through government-led, national school feeding programmes. Due to COVID-19 school closures, many of these children stopped receiving on-site school meals.
A ceremony was held today at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to mark the contribution which will be used to purchase beans which, when cooked with rice or maize meal, will form part of nutritious meals served to children aged between two and eight years in 1,700 Neighbourhood Care Points supported by WFP across the country.
WFP delivers cash-based transfers to empower vulnerable people with choice to address their essential needs in local markets. This infographic shows the steady growth of WFP cash transfers over the years.