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How the humanitarian principles guide our work across 120 countries

Agency needs US$200 million to continue providing life-saving assistance

Deep commitment of staff means WFP is able to stay and deliver amidst the most demanding conditions

As the country stands on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, Afghans need us more than ever

Having witnessed the devastation wrought by conflict on Aleppo, she joined the World Food Programme to rebuild and help change people's lives

WFP field monitor recalls attack that left up to 50,000 people fleeing their homes and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance

Agency needs US$200 million to continue operations to end of the year

USAID support ensures food security and nutrition of hundreds of families in Colombia

#Invisiblemeal is putting hunger around the world in focus

When conflict erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan in September 2020, it displaced thousands of people from Nagorno-Karabakh, a landlocked mountainous region, the focus of a long-standing dispute between the two countries.

The World Food Programme-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service takes critical assistance to vulnerable people

‘People affected by the climate crisis do not have the luxury to wait until the world’s changed course on greenhouse gas emissions’

When safety becomes too much to ask for, there is no choice but to leave everything behind. This is how Dalia, a mother of three, felt in 2011 when she and her husband decided to flee their Syrian hometown of Idlib to neighbouring Turkey.

WFP and insurance company team up to provide coverage for women farmers’ cooperatives

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics coming to a close, we look at the story of Kenyan Olympic medalist Paul Tergat and the impact school meals had on his journey. 

The World Food Programme launched its school meals programme in Venezuela, carrying out the first distributions of take-home rations in the state of Falcon.

World Food Programme chief closes the UN Food Systems pre-summit in Rome with a call for funds to save millions of people on the brink

WFP Executive Director sounds alarm at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit

Ahead of the UN’s Food Systems Summit in September, people involved in all aspects of the production, transport and consumption of food are meeting at a ‘pre-summit’ in Rome

Reduced rations make every day a struggle in the Dadaab camp — for Abdi, who provides for five children, it's even tougher

Developed by Zambian authorities with support from the World Food Programme and its partners, it promotes healthier, more nutritious diets

Support from UN agencies shows it's never too late to reap the rewards of learning

World Food Programme at hand as political crisis and violence exacerbate food insecurity brought on by poverty and the coronavirus pandemic

But they are hazardous, seven times the cost of road transport, with far lower capacity — why the World Food Programme takes to the skies to distribute food only as a last resort

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 points to rising hunger worldwide