McCain takes up the vital role at a time when the unprecedented global food crisis is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger, with a particular impact on the lives of women and girls.
“Hunger puts more people- particularly women and children - at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” said McCain and stressed that "Seeking food or humanitarian assistance should never be a choice to sacr
“This is a significant initiative in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to achieve nutritional security in the state, which is focused on food security.
In recent years, the World Food Programme (WFP) has been managing complex emergencies, natural disasters, and epidemics and pandemics. Emergency preparedness refers to a set of elements that allows us and our partners to be effective, efficient and timely when crises erupt.
WFP embraces innovation and has a proven track record of piloting, implementing and scaling new ideas. This is not limited to adopting novel technologies, but includes different ways of designing and executing its programmes.
Eight years of war in Syria have pushed millions of Syrians into hunger and poverty. The conflict has also displaced millions both inside and outside Syria. While many are returning to their homes, many others remain displaced and need support.
As fighting has escalated in recent weeks in north-western Syrian, WFP has responded to the needs of those who have been displaced from their homes.
Without the ability to produce or import food, the entire population of Gaza relies on aid to survive. But humanitarian aid alone cannot meet the essential needs of the Gaza people.
In Türkiye, WFP will use the funds to provide food assistance for around 150,000 crisis-affected families through cash assistance, and emergency food provisions to 590,000 individuals.
In Syria, the Kuwaiti contribution will allow WFP to provide direct cash and vouchers to address the immediate food needs of around 87,500 earthquake-affected people for nine months.
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Syrians today face an unprecedented hunger crisis as the prices of basic foods reach levels unseen even at the height of the nine-year conflict and millions of people are pushed deeper into poverty the United Nations World Food Programme says, on the eve of a donors pledging conference for Syria.