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WFP adopts a needs- and rights-based approach, integrating gender, protection, and disability perspectives into its project design, implementation, and evaluation.

While generous contributions from donors have enabled WFP to reach millions in need with lifesaving assistance, many vulnerable people living in crisis areas continue to suffer from the highest levels of food insecurity and cannot survive without sustained food assistance.

JUBA – The United States Government, through the U.S.

Tucked away in the northwestern corner of South Sudan, the village of Ayok-Hong, in Northern Bahr el Gazal State, is hot throughout the year.

The year 2022 was certainly one of extremes when it comes to climate disasters.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is at the forefront of the United Nations system in sharing information with its member states and the general public, and is committed to demonstrating effectiveness and efficiency.

Zenebech Kahsay is relieved to watch her children play once again, their energy renewed at last by bread she’s baked after receiving a 15kg bag of wheat from the World Food Programme (WFP) at a food distribution in Tahtay Adyabo, in Ethiopia’s northern province of Tigray. “My children were dizzy with hunger,” explains Kahsay as she grinds dark brown grains of wheat with a pestle and mortar.

Markets come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional set-ups  to online farmers markets. In South Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out a ‘retail in a box’ pop-up initiative in Gorom refugee camp that is spurring on local businesses while helping refugees buy their foods of choice.

The new agreement, valued at US$33 million, comes under the U.S.