“The Republic of Korea believes food relief is the first step in enabling refugees to restart their lives and embark on a journey toward self-reliance,” said the Korean ambassador to Uganda Ha Byung-Kyoo, at Nakivale refugee settlement in Isingiro district, where the Korean rice was delivered.
NAF, the main social assistance provider in the Kingdom, has distributed JD 106 million in financial assistance to vulnerable Jordanian families in 2018.
Investigation in Laprak finds rice is not from the World Food Programme (WFP). Our statement on investigation findings in Nepali language can be downloaded here.
The Emergency Dashboard provides a visual overview of the most relevant operational information related to WFP’s response in the emergency, including geographical, funding, and performance related information.
To help break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh, WFP is providing supplementary food to children and pregnant and nursing women in the country’s poorest and most food insecure parts, along with advice on how to change nutrition and health behaviour.
When Mwanahamisi lost her husband five years ago, life turned upside down.
He had been the household’s sole provider, and a family that was not used to scarcity suddenly lacked food as well as basics such as medicines and cooking fuel.
Children’s laughter rings out as Fartun Abdi Warsame prepares her family’s breakfast of rice and the vegetables – lentils, peppers, onions and tomatoes – that she grows on her farm in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region.
Social protection plays a vital role in the pursuit of a world with Zero Hunger. This strategy explains how WFP will contribute to the development of high quality national social protection systems and programmes in contexts of food insecurity, as a complement to WFP’s work in emergency response.
6 October, 08:30 - ‘We can’t start without coffee’
We’ve already driven one hour from Coro, the capital of Falcón state where, in July, after 46 years, the World Food Programme (WFP) marked its return to Venezuela with a new school meals programme.