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“Life amidst a pandemic: Hunger, migration and displacement in the East and Horn of Africa,” focuses on the pandemic’s impacts on mobility, livelihoods and food security in regional migration and hunger hotspots. “Migrants, refugees and other forcibly displaced persons are among the most disadvantaged and disenfranchised groups globally and understanding their needs, and our progress towards me

WFP is providing emergency assistance to families affected by the 22 June earthquake that hit the south-eastern provinces of Paktika and Khost and has teams on the ground assessing humanitarian needs among earthquake-hit families.

In Cameroon, where conflict and displacement have led to a significant deterioration in food security, WFP will use a contribution of USD $1.4 million (JPY 200 million, 840 million XAF) to implement a two-year project, lasting until September 2025.

“The Republic of Korea is a great example of how a country can go from receiving aid to a generous donor,” said Cindy McCain, WFP Executive Director.

The 2023 SSTC policy clarifies how SSTC will contribute to the implementation of WFP’s new Strategic Plan (2022-2025), the new generation of Country Strategic Plans and align WFP’s SSTC approach to the UN System-wide Strategy for SSTC (2022-2025).

Hungry, thirsty and weak, more and more Gazans are falling sick, according to a report published this week. At least 90 per cent of children aged under 5 are affected by one or more infectious diseases, with 70 percent having had diarrhoea in the past two weeks, according to analysis from the Global Nutrition Cluster. “An immediate humanitarian ceasefire continues to provide the best cha

“We’re calling on everyone to give us the access we need to reach the people in besieged cities,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said at the end of a three-day visit to Ukraine. “It’s one thing when people are suffering from the devastation of war.

Hunger in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has increased almost fourfold over the past two years - from 2.2 million people in 2018 to close to 8 million people in 2021 – a result of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and years of extreme climate events. Of this figure, 1.7 million people are in the ‘Emergency’ category of food insecurity and require urgent food assistance.

At 206 kg per person per year, the country’s per capita rice consumption is among the highest in the world (United States Department of Agriculture 2020) and rice is therefore an appropriate vehicle for food fortification to reduce the incidence of MNDs. WFP is currently conducting acceptability studies for fortified rice in government social protection programmes.

The Province of Isabela, situated in the flood-prone Cagayan Valley region of Luzon Island, frequently suffers from severe flooding and landslides that impact farmers’ livelihoods and disrupt children’s education.  The newly launched programme aims to reach 2,000 schoolchildren with daily, nutritious meals supplied by 500 smallholder farmers during the 2024-2025 school year.&nb