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Their trip comes amid a dangerous escalation in northwest Syria and as the conflict is about to enter its 10th year, leaving one third of the Syrian people food insecure, 1 in 3 children out of school, and over half of all health facilities non-functional. “Children across Syria are enduring the impact of a merciless war and will continue to suffer long after the guns have gone silent,” said He

“For millions of children around the world, the meal they get at school is the only meal they get in a day. Without it, they go hungry, they risk falling sick, dropping out of school and losing their best chance of escaping poverty.

A document signed with the Sana’a-based authorities on Saturday 3 August 2019 and the subsequently signed technical annexes will allow WFP to work to establish an independent and accountable process to identify and register families who most need life-saving food assistance.   WFP will resume food distributions following the Eid Al Adha festival for the 850,000 people in Sana’a City who

Download video material here: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/h0hzPQa6z7 Download photos here: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/OBwZxmxmph “We are working not only to save lives on an urgent basis, but also to contain the virus so that it doesn’t spread further,” said Susana Rico, WFP Emergency Coordinator in Beni.

The map – Global Monitoring of School Meals during COVID-19 School Closures - provides daily on-screen updates on school closures and the number of children no longer receiving school meals as a result.  As well as displaying global totals, the map shows how many children are affected in each country, with real-time data indicating both the scale of the challenges and the need for solution

The virus can have a devastating effect on small bodies already weak from poor nutrition. At the same time, the pandemic is having a ruinous effect on vulnerable families relying on a daily wage or a remittance.

WFP projections indicate that by year’s end, the number of food insecure Zimbabweans will have surged by almost 50 percent to touch 8.6 million – a staggering 60 percent of the population – owing to the combined effects of drought, economic recession and the pandemic.   “Many Zimbabwean families are suffering the ravages of acute hunger, and their plight will get worse before it gets be

“Since the start of this pandemic, WFP has called on leaders around the world to act and many have stepped up – including members of the Arab League,” said Beasley, speaking at the opening session of the 106th Ministerial Session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the League of Arab States (LAS).

The report – the first of its kind - was released today by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and shows how the pandemic has driven up food insecurity and increased vulnerability among migrants, families reliant on remittances and communities forced from their homes by conflict, violence and disasters. The two UN agencies warn t

We are on a countdown right now to a catastrophe in Yemen. The people have been ravaged by years of conflict-fuelled hunger and malnutrition.