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WFP has had 14 Executive Directors (EDs) since its launch in 1962. Listed below are the 13 EDs who preceded Cindy McCain. Mr David Beasley April 2017 - April 2023

Brenda Lopez* pulls the legs of her husband’s jeans inside out and rolls them up as tightly as she can. Juan shoves them  into a small grey shoulder bag along with two shirts and some underclothes.

It’s a misty winter dawn in Lima. As the sun rises over the sleepy city, its main wholesale food market, in the Santa Anita district, comes alive. Every morning, 5,000 metric tons of vegetables, tubers and fruit leave this market to be sold across the metropolitan area.

Most visitors arriving in Lima immediately turn south to the mystical Nazca lines and to the Andes, in search of Inca ruins and fluffy alpacas wearing brightly coloured pompoms.

Six international football stars – including the first Syrian refugee to play in the German Bundesliga – are joining forces with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to raise funds for people fleeing conflict in Ukraine.  UNHCR and WFP’s global #football4ukraine appeal comes at a time when almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population – more than 10 million peopl

To mark World Humanitarian Day on Monday 19 August, which this year focuses on #WomenHumanitarians, I meet one woman whose career led her back to her roots and to a discovery that only fuelled her desire to help others.Maria Altagracia Fulcar treasures many memories from her childhood in the Dominican Republic, despite it being spent in poverty.She remembers a farmer named Papalá, who would come a

The global appeal #football4ukraine comes at a time when almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population - more than 10 million people - have been forced from their homes. Some 3.9 million refugees have been forced to flee the country, making this the fastest-growing refugee crisis since the Second World War.

As it happens, Yeimer does not know where the school snack — mashed potatoes, a lentil burger and a rice shake — he wolfed down at school at 10 a.m. on 2 March came from. He did not question himself about it, nor did he discuss it with Brayan, Anderson, Dairis or any of his classmates. He did not ask his Maths or Social Sciences teachers about it.

Most of these families are subsistence farmers and daily wage labourers, who have lost their crops to the drought in the departments of Choluteca, Valle, La Paz, El Paraíso y Francisco Morazán. “Climate change and its consequences have resulted in more and more people now seeing emigration as the only way out.

“We are grateful for the consistent support from the government of Spain and its people” said Chris Kaye, WFP Director of Government Partnerships.