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However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need.  The harrowing events that have been snowballing in Gaza since 7 October have left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and on the brink of famine.

Names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of individuals. One day, Anyuarach went to the pharmacy to buy for her father medicine. There, two men raped her. “I did not plan to tell anyone. But then I missed my periods and I had to explain to my father what happened,” she says. This was during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

The health system continues to be systematically degraded, with catastrophic consequences. As of 19 February, only 12 out of 36 hospitals with inpatient capacity are still functioning, and only partially. There have been more than 370 attacks on health care in Gaza since 7 October.  Diseases are rampant. Famine is looming. Water is at a trickle.

“Practical approaches are crucial to address food security in the region,” says Menghestab Haile, WFP’s Regional Director in Southern Africa. “WFP is excited to bring together various experts to share their insights and help bring effective solutions in the fight against hunger.

  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.

Under the prevalent conditions, proposals to unilaterally create “safe zones” in Gaza risk creating harm for civilians, including large-scale loss of life, and must be rejected. Without the right conditions, concentrating civilians in such zones in the context of active hostilities can raise the risk of attack and additional harm.

H.E. Mr. SAIGO Masamichi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Ms. Susan Jane Pearce, Representative and Country Director of WFP Nepal a.i. signed a grant contract in Kathmandu today. At the signing, H.E.

The UKaid contribution, through the British Embassy Kathmandu, comes at a time when monsoon floods, on top of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, are disrupting livelihoods and exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition for many Nepalis.   This funding is in addition to the £4.49 million (NPR 678 million) WFP received from the UK Government in December 2020 towards th

The conflict in South Sudan is still raging and people continue to flee into neighbouring countries. WFP photographer Marco Frattini and I travelled to northwestern Kenya to hear their stories. It took Martha 11 days to make the journey from her home in South Sudan to reach the safety of the Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya, where she can finally share a meal in peace with her seven children.

The survey, carried out by IPSOS on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme, questioned people in Canada, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom, United States of America and United Arab Emirates, “The World Food Programme has been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize, highlighting the value of food as a basic human right and the terrible and increasing toll of hunger brought about b