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Looking beyond the immediate response, WFP is strengthening the resilience of communities helping them adapt to the changing climate.

The agreement was signed by Gordan Grlić Radman, Foreign Minister of Croatia, and Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Country Director in Ukraine, in the presence of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy of Ukraine, Yuliia Svyrydenko. The €1 million contribution is Croatia’s largest ever donation to the UN World Food Programme.

McCain takes up the vital role at a time when the unprecedented global food crisis is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger, with a particular impact on the lives of women and girls. “Hunger puts more people- particularly women and children - at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” said McCain and stressed that "Seeking food or humanitarian assistance should never be a choice to sacr

The situation in Sudan is dire.

This brief explores the complementary and interconnected roles that social protection and resilience can play within development and the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.

PCRIC and WFP will collaborate on initiatives in disaster risk financing that enhance Pacific Island countries’ resilience against loss and damage resulting from cyclones, floods and droughts, with a particular focus on protecting vulnerable and at-risk populations.

Civilians in El Fasher and the wider Darfur region are already facing devastating levels of hunger, yet deliveries of food assistance have been intermittent due to fighting and endless bureaucratic hurdles.

This initiative is part of the Preparedness and Response Excellence in the Philippines (PREP) programme, supported by USAID, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and others.

Excellencies, the World Food Programme, and other humanitarian agencies, have been warning for months now of a widespread collapse in food security across the country.   We have been clear that famine is a real and dangerous possibility: caused by the raging conflict, widespread displacement, and above all the denial of humanitarian access by the warring parties.   In Mar