Search

“The house I have, it came from milk production,” says Isaac, a dairy farmer in Bugendana, in Burundi’s central Gitega province. “When I had no cow, I was living in poverty.” The livelihoods of Isaac and his wife Bernadette depend upon their cows and the milk they produce. And that milk also helps support other households in the community.

Seven earthquakes with magnitudes reaching 6.3 and multiple aftershocks have struck Herat Province in Western Afghanistan within eight days. Dozens of villages are affected, many of them entirely flattened with at least 1,400 people killed and more than 1,800 injured, according to official figures. The majority of victims are women and children.

Extreme weather and climate events heighten humanitarian needs in Madagascar and around the world warns World Food Programme just days ahead of report launch by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Ons Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach three Grand Slam finals and the number two ranking in the world, has consistently demonstrated her will to make a positive impact beyond the tennis court.

With much of the world’s commercial transport systems, particularly airlines, grounded by COVID-19, WFP - the world’s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger and a global leader in logistics – has stepped in to move passengers and huge volumes of health and other supplies needed in the fight against the global pandemic.

Millions of people in Central America urgently need food assistance in the wake of Hurricane Eta, one of the worst storms in decades, as fears grow of another storm brewing in the coming days.

The LoU aims to bolster the capacity to respond to emergencies and effectively foster investment in agricultural entrepreneurship.