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U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Robert Ewing, Philippine Social Welfare and Development Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, and OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno attended the opening ceremony at the New Government Administrative Center in New Clark City, Tarlac. “The U.S.

In 2023 and 2024, WFP’s Regional Bureau in Dakar undertook a learning exercise to collate detailed and current information on how WFP country offices in Western Africa design and implement complementary, context specific, and agile HDP Nexus approaches. The goal is to inform and build WFP’s evidence and advocacy with the latest practices from the field.

Norway’s timely contribution will support WFP’s El Niño Response Plan which, in coordination with the Government of Malawi, aims to assist 2.1 million food-insecure people in Malawi. WFP will procure and distribute 3,200 metric tons of maize and ninety-eight metric tons of fortified corn soya blend for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition.

During a two-day meeting in the southern Italian city of Siracusa, which ended today, ministers agreed to work to make agriculture and food systems more productive, resilient and sustainable.

The WFP managed, United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), is airlifting vaccines into the worst affected areas and will handle logistics for vaccine deliveries to the provinces of Congo Central, Maniema, Sankuru, South Kivu and South Ubangi. While UNICEF will manage deliveries to Equateur, Nord Kivu, Tshopo, and Tshuapa.

The funding, a response to the Government of Zambia’s Drought Response Appeal, enables WFP to provide immediate recovery assistance to the affected population, through a Drought Recovery project. This will help farming families return to production, rebuild their livelihoods, and enhance their capacities to cope with future climate risks. Under the project, which will be implemented unti

The latest commitment comes as 309 million people face acute hunger driven by conflicts, economic disruptions, and the climate crisis.At the G7 meeting on Development this week, members reaffirmed their commitment to the G7 Apulia Food Systems Initiative (AFSI), to improve food security and nutrition and recognised the need for innovative solutions to increase public and private funding for food s

The Global Alliance aims to better align domestic and international support to help countries build and implement programmes and policy instruments that reduce hunger and poverty.WFP was invited by the Brazilian G20 Presidency to take part in the G20 Task Force which created the founding documents of the Global Alliance.

“In the aftermath of Kristine, cash assistance serves as a critical lifeline for affected communities to help address some of their most urgent needs – whether food, medicine, or shelter materials. We are working alongside the Philippine Government to support the most impacted communities and by partnering with the DSWD and the 4Ps programme, cash has begun to reach people in a

This study aimed to better understand the changes in organoleptic qualities of rice once fortified, and whether these changes influence its acceptability by the target beneficiaries. The primary objective was to determine whether caregivers (which could either be parents or relatives), teachers, and school children, could differentiate between fortified rice and unfortified/conventional rice.