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22 March 2022

Farmers in Haiti: Growing crops in spite of drought and floods

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

Resilience Smallholder Farmers Climate Haiti

15 March 2022

Displacement, poverty and rising prices: How one family in Syria bears the burden of 11 years of conflict

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

Emergencies Cash transfers Syrian Arab Republic

14 March 2022

Yemen: Millions at risk as Ukraine war effect rocks region

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

Emergencies Rome-based agencies Yemen Ukraine

11 March 2022

Education in Syria: WFP cash grants ignite one boy’s ambition to study

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

Cash transfers School feeding Syrian Arab Republic

11 March 2022

Ukraine war: More countries will ‘feel the burn’ as food and energy price rises fuel hunger, warns WFP

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

Ukraine Poland Yemen Afghanistan Ethiopia

10 March 2022

School feeding day: How meals offer a route to education... and a way out of hunger and inequality

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

School feeding

8 March 2022

Women’s day: Mangrove oysters mean food security for a family in Ecuador

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

Ecuador

8 March 2022

Women’s day: A canal greens dreams for a farmer amid Kenya’s drought

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

Climate Gender Resilience Kenya

8 March 2022

Women’s Day: How crops grow independence in Bangladesh

Business skills training from the World Food Programme empowered one woman to become a self-reliant community leader

Gender Resilience Zero Hunger Food Security Bangladesh

8 March 2022

Women’s day: Danish support for gender equality and food security buoys WFP’s work with UNFPA

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

Cash transfers Gender Denmark Sri Lanka Congo

7 March 2022

Women's day: Water for farmers in drought-struck Sri Lanka

Wells, ponds and training from the World Food Programme are transforming the prospects of rural farming communities

Sri Lanka

4 March 2022

Irrigation means food on the table for a family in Syria

WFP's rehabilitated irrigation canals supply 17,800 hectares of land in northern Syria, empowering more than 12,000 farming families to grow

Syrian Arab Republic

3 March 2022

The Weeknd launches fund to support the World Food Programme

Donation of US$500,000 comes as U$1 from each ticket sold for his stadium tour is earmarked for the superstar singer’s humanitarian venture

3 March 2022

Climate: WFP helps pastoralists in Kenya adapt to changing weather

Drought is forcing livestock farmers to abandon traditional ways of life and find other ways to survive

Climate Droughts Food Security Resilience Nutrition Kenya

3 March 2022

WFP scales up response as Ukraine neighbours take in refugees

UN agency calls for US$570 million as it kicks off emergency plan

Ukraine Poland Romania

1 March 2022

Madagascar: Taking on drought and hunger one school meal at a time

The World Food Programme is working with partner Michael Kors to ensure children turn up to class and receive the nutrition they need to learn and thrive

Private sector Climate Droughts Partnerships School feeding Madagascar

28 February 2022

World Food Programme set to assist people affected by conflict in Ukraine

WFP gears up as over a million people have crossed into neighbouring countries such as Poland

Emergencies Ukraine Poland Slovakia

24 February 2022

Ukraine: WFP ready to step in as conflict erupts

Staff could be on the ground in 72 hours to assist civilians

Ukraine

24 February 2022

Ethiopia: WFP responds as the worst drought in a lifetime intensifies hunger

With each season drier than the last, families inch closer and closer to losing all

Climate Ethiopia

24 February 2022

Syria: WFP cash grants backed by EU help families shop for the food and essentials they need

'I started to get my children eggs, yoghurt and vegetables - things that are not available in the food parcel'

Cash transfers Syrian Arab Republic

22 February 2022

Climate: WFP at hand in South Sudan as floods threaten lives and livelihoods

Millions face severe food insecurity as unprecedented water levels swallow up swathes of land

Conflicts Emergencies Floods Food Security South Sudan

22 February 2022

4 ways the World Food Programme helps people adapt to climate change

How a variety of World Food Programme initiatives are changing people's lives

Food for Assets Climate Afghanistan Bangladesh Madagascar Ecuador

16 February 2022

Sahel: Millions at risk with hunger and displacement on the rise, warns WFP

World Food Programme calls for US$470 million to assist people in region where rations are being halved

10 February 2022

World pulses day: How WFP beans roll into Eswatini from Zambia

‘Nutritious, drought-resistant and cheaper to grow than maize’

Zambia Eswatini

10 February 2022

In Kenya I saw how the Horn of Africa drought is pushing people into hunger

An eyewitness account from the World Food Programme's Tomson Phiri in Kenya shows why governments and other donors must step up to avoid a deepening humanitarian catastrophe

Climate Droughts Emergencies Ethiopia Somalia Kenya