“I go to school on foot. It’s a 45-minute walk from home,” says Florence. “I used to have to walk back for lunch. Sometimes, I would find that there was no food left at home. So I’d go back to school without having eaten.”
Hunger is an issue for the people of Burundi’s Gitega province.
I have always wanted to write about Syria and the beauty of this country. The history, the old souks [markets], the generosity of its people — it's a country that consists of more than 20 ethnic and religious groups living in harmony as one.
But I find myself writing about my country and my people at the most difficult moments they have ever faced.
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).
The war in Ukraine continues to exacerbate the global food security and nutrition crisis, with high and volatile energy, food and fertilizer prices, restrictive trade policies, and supply chain disruptions. Despite the reprieve in global food prices and the resumption of grain exports from the Black Sea, food remains beyond reach for many due to high prices and weather shocks.
With a USD 23 million contribution from Sweden and building on the expertise of the three UN agencies, the project will help improve the food and nutritional security of 144,800 people, particularly women and children.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 5 November 2023 – For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in shock and horror at the spiralling numbers of lives lost and torn apart.
In Israel, some 1,400 people have been killed and thousands have been injured, according to the Israeli authorities.
They buried five-year-old Mohamed in a shallow grave, in a place unknown, where his family had briefly stopped to rest. “We had no food, no water ... he was malnourished and exhausted and he didn’t survive,” says his mother, Mido.
With four other children to care for and many days of travel ahead, the 25-year-old said a short goodbye and carried on walking.