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With support from the authorities in Goma, and other actors, WFP was able to deliver 26 metric tons of special nutritious food to 8,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in 12 health centers across Rutshuru Territory.

WFP’s complementary cash assistance programme, launched in August 2023, is designed to support pensioners with low pensions who live in areas of active or possible hostilities, as defined by the State, by complementing the pensions they receive. Since August 2023, more than 360,000 pensioners have received payments from WFP under this programme.

With the world still roiling from the Covid-19 pandemic, and over 3.5 million additional refugees in Europe in just the past three weeks, an unprecedented shock wave is reverberating through the global food system. Aside from the huge WFP operation now underway inside Ukraine, and the impact on neighbouring countries, the crisis has caused global operational costs to spiral with an immediate im

WFP - together with humanitarian partners - has been assessing earthquake damage and the needs of families on the ground. The remote districts of Giyan and Barmal, Paktika province and Spera, Khost province are among the areas worst hit. In Barmal, more than 70 percent of homes were completely destroyed. At least 1,000 people have reportedly been killed, with 2,000 others injured.

This annual report outlines progress made towards implementing WFP's Impact Evaluation Strategy in 2023. The WFP Corporate Evaluation Strategy 2022 institutionalizes the Impact Evaluation Strategy (2019-2026) as part of the normative framework for the overall evaluation function. The Strategic Advisory Panel plays a key role in providing external experience as WFP implements the Impact Evalu

Conflict in northern Mozambique is entering its seventh year. Since 2017, it has displaced over 1 million people (the International Organization for Migration, Displacement Tracking Matrix, November 2022). From July 2021, security forces from the Southern African Development Community and Rwanda were deployed to support Mozambique’s security forces.

“I grew up believing that if you are an uneducated woman your husband will provide everything,” says Martha. “I didn’t leave the house much and my husband provided all we needed.” All that changed in 2014 when Martha and her five children were forced to flee conflict in South Sudan and join thousands of others as refugees in Uganda.

On 14 August 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the south of Haiti, killing 2,200 people and destroying 137,000 homes. Marie was pregnant.

The principle is simple: give what you can – whether it’s one meal or one year of meals – and know that it makes a difference. In US dollars, a meal supplied by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) costs around 80 cents – less than the price of a cup of coffee.  It’s no wonder that since its launch in 2015, ShareTheMeal’s come such a long way. In July, the official don