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Communities in southeast Guinea are facing down the threat of COVID-19 to both their health and their food security. While the capital Conakry is the epicentre of the pandemic, coronavirus has hit communities hard in the Nzerekore, Kankan and Boke regions, hampering access to products such as fertilizers and the movement of food to sell and buy. Under an initiative launched by the World

In August 2012 the Government of Tanzania (GoT) established a productive social safety net (PSSN) system through the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) to assist poor and vulnerable households to improve access to income, health, and education.

Findings of this study will be used to determine future programmes aimed at supporting Sri Lanka's children.

The factsheet details Strategic Outcome 4 activities, aiming to provide healthy meals for schoolchildren. Among other, this includes canteens repair, equipment and fortified wheat flour provision, trainings, and technical support.

“Practical approaches are crucial to address food security in the region,” says Menghestab Haile, WFP’s Regional Director in Southern Africa. “WFP is excited to bring together various experts to share their insights and help bring effective solutions in the fight against hunger.

“Thanks to the pause, our teams have been in action on the ground, going into areas we haven't reached for a long time. What we see is catastrophic. There’s a risk of famine and starvation on our watch and to prevent it, we need to be able to bring in food at scale and distribute it safely,” said WFP’s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, Corinne Fleischer.

This funding comes at a critical time with humanitarian needs in Sudan expected to reach an all-time high in 2022.

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 EU’s funding, received through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO), enabled WFP to provide vital food assistance to 45,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) lacking access to food between April and December 2022, and to about 705,000 vulnerable people across the country severely affected by food insecurity during the agricultural season from July to

Thanks to the generosity of the United States, WFP will provide 114,153 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi with critical nutrition support in the form of cash transfers.