Stories

Lifesaving food remains trapped in a year of catastrophic hunger, with needs outpacing resources to help people going hungry across the world

Multi-agency study calls for a shift towards better prevention, anticipation, and targeting to address the root causes of food crises

World Food Programme retail-in-a-box initiative boosts local economy

World Food Programme support is a lifeline as shoppers curb spending and traders suffer

Spotting disasters before they hit enables communities to be less dependent on World Food Programme emergency assistance - and self-sufficient over the long term

The World Food Programme urgently needs US$437 million to respond and save lives in the region over the next six months

An eyewitness account from the World Food Programme's Tomson Phiri in Lviv shows how the agency is collaborating to expand its reach as other crisis-hit countries feel the heat

Cash grants from the World Food Programme go a long way for people opening their doors to strangers - amid painful farewells

World Food Programme payments take the pressure off 30,000 households - and there are plans to expand

There will be little to eat for many Lebanese when they break their fasts this Ramadan – but support from the World Food Programme is delivering hope in the face of crushing price rises

The World Food Programme is scaling up rapidly to expand its emergency response

How a situation of desperation became one of opportunity for one young woman

Small payments from the World Food Programme are, for some, a doorway into business

‘It’s a critical moment for anyone who can actually help and donate’

Assessment on border with Slovakia shows how the World Food Programme and other agencies can provide support inside the country, says Jean-Martin Bauer

World Food Programme support helps families grow fresh, organic vegetables, pulses and fruits by harvesting underground H20

Communities are challenging cycles of extreme weather with World Food Programme and Government support

World Food Programme assistance enables families like Ikhlas’s to survive - but much more needs to be done

World Food Programme, FAO and UNICEF issue join forces to sound alarm - as WFP calls for US$1.97 billion to save lives.

Through cash-based transfers, the World Food Programme is helping Syrian students like Issa to stay in school and boost the nutrition of their families

Increased costs set to affect World Food Programme operations and impact the most vulnerable well beyond Ukraine’s borders

Without investing in the health and wellbeing of the next generation, we have no hope of achieving food security, says the World Food Programme’s Carmen Burbano 

A reforestation project backed by the World Food Project is nourishing 15,000 hectares of the trees - a natural defence against climate change

Groundnuts and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes help change prospects in a World Food Programme collaboration with FAO

‘Gender-based violence must be a key priority in all humanitarian response plans’