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Through this contribution WFP will reach up to 150,000 people entering Egypt at the borders with ready- to-eat food packages over a period of three months.

Like thousands of others in Kyrgyzstan’s northern At-Bashy district, Baktygul Karmyshakova and her large family live precariously.

Soaring food prices and transport costs, disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts across the globe including the war in Ukraine, and the rise of climate-related disasters such as floods and drought are driving an increase in food and nutrition insecurity.

On Wednesday morning, a group of armed men entered WFP’s compound in Mekelle and forcibly seized 12 tankers filled with over half a million litres of fuel.  This fuel had recently been purchased by WFP and arrived just days before it was stolen. Without it, it is impossible for WFP to distribute food, fertilizer, medicines and other emergency supplies across Tigray.

“Germany stands with the Afghan people, and we continue our engagement to help communities stand on their own feet,” said Katharina Spiess, BMZ’s Head of Division “Crisis management, Reconstruction and Transitional Development Assistance.

“The funding could not have come at a more crucial moment, as we are ramping up our assistance to meet increasing food needs in these regions where 1.1 million people are food insecure.

  Who has inspired you most in your life? That’s a difficult question! There are a lot of senior people in WFP who I respect, and I aspire to be like…so I would say Ashraf, my supervisor in my first job back in Pakistan, in the bread and cake-making industry.

This contribution will allow WFP to implement the EU HAF services from March to December 2023, utilizing WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) capacities and deployment on the ground, with a focus on Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These flights aim to facilitate key access through humanitarian air transport services to populations in need of assistanc

Under this agreement, WFP will receive US$20 million from Germany and the United Kingdom through the World Bank’s Global Shield Financing Facility.

The second round will target already registered households who received cash assistance in the first round as well as new families currently hosting two or more refugees for more than one week. “Our aim is to ensure Moldovan families, especially those hosting refugees, have support to meet essential needs, including food.