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Sunbeams trickle through little holes on the straw wall of his small hut in Jhapa in eastern Nepal. A blue fishing net hangs from the low ceiling of the kitchen. A makeshift wood stove issues smoke. For 17-year-old Narendra Kisku, ‘Naren’ for short, this is home. He blows to light up the fire to cook. Then he coughs, takes another breath and blows again.

A historic drought - the worst food crisis yet - has devastated more than 27 million lives across the region. Some 21 million children are malnourished. For many communities, this is the worst food crisis in decades. October marks the start of the lean season and each month is expected to be worse than the previous one until harvests next year in March/April.

The multi-platinum certified global star has made an initial donation of US$500,000 to the fund. In addition, to help launch the fund, The Weeknd is contributing US$1 from each ticket sold in North America for his highly anticipated After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour.

“This is a devastating blow to the Rohingya and an equally devastating blow to the humanitarian community,” said Domenico Scalpelli, WFP Country Director in Bangladesh.

The funding will enable WFP to better meet the food needs of vulnerable populations and strengthen government capacity to address the impacts of concurring shocks. Approximately 200,000 people are anticipated to receive unconditional cash transfers, along with livelihoods support.

Hakan Soydas woke up to his wife’s screams in the early morning hours of 6 February. Their apartment, in the southern Turkish city of Hatay, was shaking. "I saw my home collapsing, the pillars falling down,” says the World Food Programme (WFP) driver. He rushed to rescue his 85-year-old mother-in-law from a room nearby.

The TOR notably presents the scope, objectives, key issues, stakeholders and users of the evaluation. It also describes the evaluation approach, team composition and organization.

It’s almost noon on a scorching day last August – 53°C. We follow Jermal, a farmer in Basra, Iraq, on a narrow trail to his greenhouse. Our footsteps kick up dust from the cracked, sepia-toned earth.

The contribution comes at a critical time when WFP is faced with significant funding gaps and will enable WFP to provide food assistance to refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta camps in Kigoma region.  "I am very pleased to host such a ceremony that highlights Japan’s US$ 900,000 contribution to WFP to meet the food and nutrition needs of refugees in Tanzania” said H.E. Mr.

The February 2023, Food Security Monitoring System Report highlights some of the key contributors of the deteriorating food security levels in Sierra Leone.