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Story | 31 January 2024

As winter and war grip Ukraine, families on the frontlines find sustenance

On a cold and gloomy day in Veselianka village, in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, a few dozen people gather at a food distribution point where the World Food Programme (WFP) provides monthly food assistance.

News release | 25 October 2024

Canada and WFP join forces to provide school meals to 100,000 students over five years in Haiti

The 45 million Canadian dollars contribution will provide a stable, long-term source of funding for WFP’s school feeding programmes, including home-grown school meals.

News release | 06 August 2024

WFP and partners celebrate progress of home-grown school feeding programme in Namibia

The Stampriet project, supported by the Government of Namibia and Republic of Brazil, has yielded remarkable outcomes since its establishment. The school now produces approximately 5 000 chicken eggs monthly, a variety of nutritious vegetables and fully funds the salaries of two gardeners from the sale of fresh produce and poultry products.

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Country Capacity Strengthening

The World Food Programme (WFP) offers nationally-tailored technical assistance and capacity development to strengthen individual government capacities. We respond to capacity gaps identified through an assessment process that is led by the partner government, facilitated by ourselves, and supported by other partners.

News release | 16 October 2024

WFP calls for international support as the crisis deepens in Syria amid influx of families fleeing war in Lebanon

WFP is deeply concerned about worsening food security in Syria. More than half of the population in Syria is already facing food insecurity, with approximately 3 million people in the grip of severe hunger conditions.

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Climate services

The World Food Programme (WFP) has considerable experience in using producing and translating climate information that countries and vulnerable communities can use to make informed decisions to manage climate related risks.

Operation | 24 April 2018

IR-EMOP 20114 'Emergency Food Assistance for DRC Refugees/Asylum Seekers in Nchelenge and Kawambwa Districts, Luapula Province'

Operation | 14 July 2016

Logistics Cluster and WFP Logistics augmentation in support of the Government of Ethiopia for the drought response

WFP News Video: Haiti Earthquake Survivors Struggling with Crumbled Homes, Lost Livelihoods and Hunger (For the Media)

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Video | 18 January 2022

WFP News Video: Haiti Earthquake Survivors Struggling with Crumbled Homes, Lost Livelihoods and Hunger (For the Media)

Battered by multiple crises in recent years, Haitians who survived the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake are now dealing with crumbled homes, lost livelihoods and limited or no access to food

Story | 08 August 2022

In Guatemala, Indigenous is ingenious when it comes to climate change

As record hunger sweeps the globe, Indigenous peoples’ communities – who’ve been marginalized and left behind throughout history – remain disproportionately affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. Yet the wealth of Indigenous knowledge is such that, were it courted, it could provide precious solutions to build resilience, food security and sustainability. Deborah Suc, an agro