WFP’s assistance will be suspended for 1.2 million Sudanese refugees and crisis-affected people in April due to funding shortfalls, including for new Sudanese refugees. Also at risk is the vital cross-border life-line supply route into Darfur – the only reliable route into embattled western Sudan.
In the countries where WFP works, many people do not have access to a healthy, nutritious diet that would provide all the vitamins and minerals necessary for a healthy life.
The study explored WFP’s programming in Indonesia and the Philippines, including WFP’s advisory, technical assistance and service provision roles to government and partners and informed the development of this guide (see appendix 2).
Despite progress in collective actions to address food insecurity in the country, the Food Security Assessment among the Colombian Population - carried out in late 2023 - also reveals that half of Colombian households are in a situation of marginal food security and are at risk of sliding into a more severe situation as a result of external shocks.
Deborah recalls watching half a dozen elderly men walking towards her home in Bukavu, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu’s province.
Thanks to a US$ 2.4 million contribution from USAID, WFP plans to distribute a total of 500 tonnes of rice rations to some 10,000 households (50,000 people) in the coming days. Each household will receive 50kgs of rice to help them with their basic food needs. The first batch of rice was distributed yesterday in Dinagat. WFP is working with local partners CARE Philippines and ACCORD Inc.
With the markets inside Gaza now all but collapsed, many are now going days without eating, meaning WFP and partners on the ground are seeing an increasing risk of starvation.
For the past few weeks, entry points into Gaza have been virtually sealed except through the Rafah border crossing point. While there has been a steady increase in aid entering Gaza, it is nowhere near enough to meet the exponentially growing needs.
"Right now, parents in Gaza do not know whether they can feed their children today and whether they will even survive to see tomorrow.
Names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of individuals.
One day, Anyuarach went to the pharmacy to buy for her father medicine. There, two men raped her.
“I did not plan to tell anyone. But then I missed my periods and I had to explain to my father what happened,” she says.
This was during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
This contribution marks Brazil's third donation to the UN World Food Programme. The funds arrive at a critical juncture when Namibia grapples with the enduring consequences of drought, soaring food costs, and the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic.