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In Chad, the Executive Director witnessed firsthand how conflict, climate shocks, and high food and fuel costs are pushing millions into acute hunger and malnutrition.  Chad hosts the largest refugee population of any country in West and Central Africa and is also gripped by its own rising food insecurity. “The global community faces a decision point,” said McCain.

The courtyard of the Cinkanssé Prefecture, in northern Togo’s Savanes region, is teeming with people on a sunny morning as a strident voice, amplified by loudspeakers, calls out Youlka Yayeti’s name.   She heaves a sigh of relief. With her national identity and ration cards in hand, she hurries to the distribution point for World Food Programme (WFP) cash.

Rome—The UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the COP28 and COP29 presidencies have today called for an urgent scaling up of climate action and financing for adapted and resilient agrifood systems in fragile and conflict-affected settings. The call was made during a high-level Rome meeting in

Highlights of the WFP and EU partnership in 2022. Find out about our work together as we save lives and build better futures for communities around the globe.

The funding will enable WFP to purchase 985 MT of maize and 245 MT of yellow split peas and benefit 42,000 school children for one year in Bubanza, Bujumbura, and Cibitoke Provinces of the country. Speaking during a launch event at Buganda elementary school in Cibitoke Province, H. E.

REUNIR is a network of six universities from five countries: Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Mali. One if its key pillars is to promote the deployment of master's and PhD students from universities to WFP integrated resilience sites to conduct research for their theses.

The academy is endorsed by Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety.    "I salute WFP for the launch of the WFP Road Safety Academy. I am looking forward for the first results of this inspiring initiative which can play a pivotal role in advancing the UN's mission for safer road practices and behaviours,” said Todt.

 Jean-Martin Bauer got locked out of Haiti the last time he left the country.

WFP continues to deliver emergency food assistance in Haiti alongside programmes that help tackle root causes of hunger. However, the recent uptick in violence has prevented WFP from reaching more than 370,000 of most food insecure Haitians since early February.

The publication aims to showcase proven local solutions and innovations that can inspire other communities facing similar Food and Nutrition Security challenges. It was developed from extensive work in collecting and analysing good practices in the areas of Food Security, Nutrition, and Sustainable development, providing valuable insight into regional efforts to ensure adequate nutrition for all.