The refugees, who are mainly from the Great Lakes region, receive monthly WFP cash assistance at the camp - where they face several challenges, including insufficient shelter and inadequate health, water, and sanitation services.
The assistance provided was designed to meet the minimum recommended energy needs of 2,100 kilocalories.
The Weeknd contributed US$1 to the Fund from each ticket sold for his North American Stadium Tour, as well as proceeds of an exclusive XO Humanitarian Fund/U.N. World Food Programme tour t-shirt. The Weeknd’s corporate partners, tour venues and supporters also stepped up to donate. WFP USA’s Board of Directors, together with U.S.
"Keeping in mind the deteriorating situation in that country, India decided to assist Afghan people by supplying humanitarian aid. In this endeavor, we have supplied several shipments of humanitarian assistance totaling 50,000 metric tons of wheat," said the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
The People Policy, approved in June 2021, provides a framework for excellence in people management and to establish mutual accountability between the organization, its managers and all its employees.
Pendeza Mpariye and her husband once made a small living growing cassava, bananas and beans on a small plot of land in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Fast-depleting funds are forcing the World Food Programme (WFP) to cut food and cash-for-food assistance for nearly half of the 5.5 million people it supports in Syria, from July.
The Central African Republic (CAR) ranks second to last in the 2018 Human Development Index, with around 79 percent of the country’s 4.7 million population estimated to be living in poverty. Almost 3 million people residing in CAR require humanitarian assistance.
Food insecurity now affects 9.3 million people in the countries where WFP has a presence in the region, according to recent surveys conducted by the organization. In a worst-case scenario, where the conflict in Ukraine continues unabated, the figure could rise to 13.3 million.
“Millions of people could be pushed into poverty and hunger if the conflict in Ukraine continues.