Stories

Cash from WFP and a generous Ukrainian town support families whose lives have been destroyed by conflict. WFP staffer Edward Johnson went to visit them.

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet – ending conflict is high on the agenda

How WFP and its UN partners are working to bring refugee and host communities together - fostering food security in the process

World Food Programme support helps farmers to grow their own food

World Food Programme-backed project allows farmers to harvest chillis, tomatoes and cucumbers in spite of degraded land

World Food Programme support enables people to grow and sell their own food

In the remote province of Ghor, WFP food assistance provides a lifeline to vulnerable families

The World Food Programme urgently needs US$426 million to reach six million food-insecure people over the next six months

Almost half the country’s population – 20 million people – do not have enough to eat

Backing from China boost resilience as the World Food Programme seeks to change lives

After almost 15 million people were forced to flee their homes, WFP and partner staff have been providing emergency assistance to some of Ukraine's most vulnerable families.

Latest Hunger Hotspots report from the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization confirms the agencies' worst fears

Ahead of World Environment Day, WFP's Innovation Accelerator shows how it helps one award-winning team to fight climate change and create a greener world.

Matthew Hollingworth, Emergency Coordinator for the World Food Programme in Ukraine, discusses the impact of the conflict and the challenges moving forward

Volli Carucci, WFP’s Director of Resilience and Food Systems, and Gernot Laganda, Director of Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, explain why it’s more important than ever to help communities to adapt to climate change, transform our food systems and build resilience in a changing environment.

Support from WFP helps rural families to boost their food security and build resilience

Food helps people meet their needs as drought pushes them beyond their limits

Four years after the Security Council passed the landmark resolution 2417, World Food Programme Head of Emergencies Margot van der Velden explains why in a year of unprecedented hunger marking the anniversary is so important

WFP is using cash transfers in Ukraine and beyond to help relieve the essential needs of people affected by the global food crisis. Meanwhile, harvests from Ukrainian farms such as Andriy’s are failing to be shipped to the destinations where they are needed most.

World Food Programme executive director David Beasley calls for immediate investment and dialogue to release bottlenecked foods

Ahead of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bali in late May, we bring you an example of how the World Food Programme works ahead of extreme weather events to save lives

The experience of one village shows how the World Food Programme can change lives in a year of unprecedented hunger, one community at a time

Just back from Odesa, the World Food Programme’s Head of Emergency Communications Jon Dumont reflects on the consequences of war for the Black Sea port and the countries that depend on its exports.

Having survived the bombing of their home in Kharkiv, a couple who made it to safety - and World Food Programme support - with their boys tell their story

Funds assist 12,000 people at a time when a healthy meal is out of reach for many.