Contact details for the UN World Food Programme's (WFP's) headquarters in Rome, and information on how to contact our country offices and media, fundraising, careers and procurement teams.
After coronavirus lockdowns and the economic blowback from the war in Ukraine, school meals have rebounded sharply and are today reaching a record number of young students worldwide. Yet even as many governments strengthen their commitments to school meals, some of the poorest are struggling to finance them.
This consignment forms part of a wider contribution of USD20 million from the United States towards WFP’s emergency operation to support Sri Lankan communities impacted by the country’s economic crisis.
“ECOWAS strongly supports Cabo verde National school feeding programme. I have personally benefited from school meals in my home country - The Gambia, as a primary school kid, and this has contributed in making the man I am today”, ECOWAS Commission President, Dr Omar Alieu Touray said.
As Haiti continues to grapple with a significant security crisis, 5.4 million people struggle to feed themselves and their families every day, representing one of the highest proportions of acutely food insecure people in any crisis worldwide.
In the Sahel and West Africa, 26 million people currently do not have sufficient food during the ongoing harvest season (October-December 2021) which should mark the start of the end of the lean season, according to a just-released Cadre Harmonisé (CH) report on food security.
DRIFCA will work hand in hand with the governments of the three countries and the private sector to identify and support sustainable market-relevant disaster risk finance models that are accessible to the most vulnerable and integrated into broader financial inclusion efforts to foster financial resilience.
The 2 million farmers and others along the agricultural value chains in Guatemala, Hondu
Aumsat, Fonio, Blue Marble, Etherisc, Emerging Cooking Solutions project, MegaGas, and Africa GreenTec are the seven start-ups that showcased their innovations, to potential funders, local and international partners.
