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2005 was the most challenging year the humanitarian aid world had faced since World War II.

Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) aims to address the most food-insecure people’s immediate food needs with cash, vouchers or food transfers while improving their long-term food security and resilience. In 2019, over 9.6 million people benefited from FFA activities in over 50 countries.

FFA aims to address the most food-insecure people’s immediate food needs with cash, vouchers or food transfers while improving their long-term food security and resilience. In 2021, over 7.5 million people (3.6 million male and over 3.9 million female) benefited from FFA activities in 49 countries.

Extreme weather and climate events heighten humanitarian needs in Madagascar and around the world warns World Food Programme just days ahead of report launch by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Bringing heavy rains, violent winds and storm surges, Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on the central-eastern coast of Madagascar on Saturday. Storms during the agricultural season (that runs from October-April) have the potential to wipe out harvest, send food prices soaring and increase food insecurity.

WFP welcomed today’s opening of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which enabled a first convoy of trucks to bring in urgently needed food, water and other supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been struggling amid desperate conditions.

“Thateng District of Sekong Province is characterized by high ethnic diversity and many food-related beliefs and taboos. High poverty rates and malnutrition impact especially small children, mothers of young children, women-headed households and persons with disability. We therefore welcome this intervention which specifically targets such vulnerable households,” said Mr.

With poverty, inequality, and risks increasingly concentrating in cities, the burden of food insecurity and malnutrition is gradually shifting from rural to urban areas.

“People are running across the border, wounded, scared, with only their children in their hands and the clothes on their backs. They need safety, security, and humanitarian assistance.

The newly constructed center is one of the key elements of the broader value chain, which includes providing farmers with good seeds, teaching them new skills, and investments in irrigation with community involvement. “The community engagement and investments in Khondzoresk community is so strong, and that’s why we have been able to continue collaboration and provide support for the legume valu