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WFP has received the awards through a competitive process operated by USDA’s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole), which has a long history of supporting WFP’s efforts to promote food security and improve education.In each of the four countries, the award will fund a five-year initiative aimed at improving education, nutrition, and health for c

This vital support will expand inter-agency storage and cargo consolidation operations at multiple locations in Egypt and facilitate transport of food and lifesaving assistance to the Palestinian people.   The WFP-led Logistics Cluster is collaborating closely with the Egyptian Red Crescent, which is responsible for receiving and storing international aid on behalf of the humanitarian

“If we want to break out of the never-ending cycle of crisis and response, we need to address the root causes of hunger by multi-year, long-term projects that shield communities from the impacts of the climate crisis,” said Volli Carucci, WFP’s Head of Resilience and Food Systems. Reducing humanitarian need is just as important as responding to humanitarian emergencies, noted Carucci.

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It’s a week since Bashir Abdi, his wife and nine children fled to the Iftin camp for displaced people, outside the town of Beletweyne in central Somalia.  “I was forced to move by the flash floods.

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Spanning 10 and 25 metres each, the bridges are strategically located just 105 kilometres north of Dushanbe and will serve as the lifeline connecting 10 villages within the Yagnob Valley.

Some 345 million people are currently facing high levels of food insecurity, according to WFP analysis, an increase of almost 200 million since early 2020. Of these, 43 million are just one step away from famine. Meanwhile, WFP has recently been forced to cut food rations in operations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Palestine as needs outpace available funding.

WFP commissioned a qualitative study to generate evidence about the potential barriers hindering the socio-economic integration of refugee population in hosting communities as well as to reveal existing opportunities to organize and establish sustainable livelihoods for refugee and local population. The study was carried out in the regions of Kotayk, Ararat, Gegharkunik, Lori and Syunik, i.e.