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Ten years after gaining independence, South Sudan is experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis with 7.2 million people–60 percent of the population–facing acute food insecurity and 1.4 million children under five years of age and half a million pregnant and breastfeeding women expected to suffer from acute malnutrition. Germany’s contribution will provide food and nutrition assistance to over

Some 365 tons of Russian-made fortified vegetable oil are now heading to WFP warehouses in Bishkek and Osh.

An important element of the partnership is training, and helping strengthen the skills and expertise of KRSO staff in food security monitoring. Building on WFP’s successful skills workshops with KRSO in the past, the agreement includes comprehensive training on food security and data analysis, including Kurdistan Region government staff from other departments.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is among humanitarian agencies responding to the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in 2021. In December, Typhoon Rai made landfall nine times over an area the size of Austria in two days, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Some 8 million people were affected, according to the latest government data.

The second round will target already registered households who received cash assistance in the first round as well as new families currently hosting two or more refugees for more than one week. “Our aim is to ensure Moldovan families, especially those hosting refugees, have support to meet essential needs, including food.

“This contribution from the British Government sends an important message to the international community, of the urgency to come together and support the government and crises-affected populations in Moldova,” said Douglas Mercado, Emergency Coordinator for WFP Moldova.

“We are extremely grateful for this generous funding from the Government of Japan to support women, men and children who have been driven from their homes by conflict,” said Eddie Rowe, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Sudan. “Chronic funding shortages are forcing WFP to reduce food rations even for the most vulnerable such as IDPs and refugees.

Weariness is etched on Maksym's face as he describes his and his wife Anastasiia’s escape from their home in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region – and the hard times they face today with their two children. Maksym recalls the steady shelling battering his neighborhood in the eastern town of Bakhmut in March. “We felt our home shake in its entirety,” he says.

Additional information for journalists: Through a crisis committee established by the Government, WFP and humanitarian partners are coordinating assessments, planning and directing humanitarian relief to flood-affected people. WFP has already reached 2,230 people in Bangui and Begoua and 4,560 people in Nana-Mambere and Ouam Fafa prefectures with emergency food assistance through cash and

Narrow alleys twist and turn down the slope snaking between the closely packed tin shacks. This maze of paths contains the hundreds of homes that make up Moroto Simitini.  The village is in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, where the World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency cash to families who have lost incomes due to COVID-19.