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According to the terms of reference, the main objectives of the evaluation were to: 1. Carry out an in-depth review of the results and effects of the project; 2.

The team was returning from a mission to Kerem Shalom/ Karam Abu Salem with two WFP armoured vehicles after escorting a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian cargo routed to Gaza’s central area. Despite being clearly marked and receiving multiple clearances by Israeli authorities to approach, the vehicle was directly struck by gunfire as it was moving towards an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

WFP Country Director El-Khidir Daloum thanked the European Union, Ireland and the United Kingdom for providing an additional €3.5 million, €1 million and £6.8 million respectively, as well as the United States of America, which contributed US$15 million more to WFP last year compared to 2019 and 2018. Ireland brought forward its original contribution for 2020 by four months because of urgent ne

A nurse places the measuring tape around Rouida's tiny arm and pulls it tight. "I was worried she would die," says her father, Abdul Rahman. He knows the fallout of war too well to mince his words. Abdul is a qualified nurse, but has not had any paid work since the war started. He volunteers in the same small clinic where Rouida is being treated, in Al Kubri village in north-western Yemen.

High resolution photos here Broadcast quality video here. Quotes that can be attributed to senior WFP staff:   WFP Executive Director, David Beasley: “The SOFI highlights a devastating reality: the path to Zero Hunger is being stopped dead in its tracks by conflict, climate and COVID-19.

"With our Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, Cambodia aims to provide food while improving nutrition and education, strengthening rural development and increasing food security," says Claire Conan, WFP Country Director in Cambodia. “KOICA's support has been transformative, constructing essential school infrastructure and enhancing the capacities of programme implementors.

This report is part of a series of scoping studies on Social Protection and Safety Nets for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Central Asia Region commissioned by the World Food Programme in partnership with the University of Maastricht in 2017.

East Africa is a region beset by climate- and conflict-related shocks. Millions of people are already acutely food insecure. Now they face another major hunger threat in the form of desert locusts. The locust upsurge affecting East Africa is a graphic and shocking reminder of this region's vulnerability. This is a scourge of biblical proportions.

“Large-scale humanitarian assistance over the past two years has helped pull back millions of Afghans from the brink of starvation and we are now seeing an improvement of the overall food security situation,“ said Hsiao-Wei Lee, Country Director of WFP Afghanistan.