This factsheet provides a concise overview of the work of the World Food Programme, summarizing the facts, figures and frontline work of the world's largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives.
The project aims to mitigate the risks posed by climate shocks and their impact on communities, while enhancing food security for those most at risk. Its primary goals are to engage communities to reduce disasters risks, ensure sustainable livelihoods all year-around and strengthen national and local disaster management systems.
A tattered football sails off the field at Shree Kakani Ganesh Primary School, in the central Nepalese village of Kakani. The game pauses, as 12-year-old team captain Ravi stops and strains his ears.
Their faces smeared with a traditional mussiro mask to enhance their skin, the women stoop to pluck shellfish from the mudflats of Ibo Island, off northern Mozambique.
Amid the ongoing conflict, shifting battlefronts, and the challenges and restrictions on humanitarian assistance, all operations are hanging by a thread. However, thanks to the generous and unwavering commitment of the Government of Japan, WFP is able to continue its humanitarian response on the ground. This contribution will allow WFP to procure&n
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Under the government’s coordination, the humanitarian response in flood-affected areas is ongoing, but heavy downpours continue in the country.
WFP responded rapidly in the days that followed the devastating floods - distributing High Energy Biscuits and cash assistance to 30,400 affected people in the capital and other parts of the country.
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The Honorable Prime Minister of AJK, Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, expressed his gratitude to WFP, donor countries and the United Nations for their support and assistance in relief and rebuilding efforts following the 2005 earthquake.
“The Government of Japan has been a consistent and strong supporter of the Afghan people and of WFP over the past years. Japan sees food assistance as one of the primary ways to reach sustainable development and human security”, said Ambassador Takashi Okada.
The situation is particularly worrying in the areas hardest hit by the 2019 floods, where food security has deteriorated significantly since last June according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today by the Government of South Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World