Stories

A decade on from the start of the conflict, the World Food Programme continues to support Syrian refugees and their children

One year after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, the World Food Programme is working around the clock to respond in a country where more than 6 million people are on the brink

When climate change dried up their livelihoods — literally — a group of women backed by the World Food Programme turned a traditional craft into a business

High-level donor conference convened by UN hears millions are at risk of starvation without immediate intervention

The World Food Programme is working with partners to provide critical support to thousands adjusting to a tough new reality

To mark the sixth annual Africa Day of School Feeding, the World Food Programme highlights a greenhouse initiative that allows food to be grown all year round

As the World Food Programme launches a major new report, the organization's school feeding director Carmen Burbano discusses the impact of 39 billion missed meals

Marlene’s family get by with food assistance from the World Food Programme but need so much more

The World Food Programme delivers critical cash assistance to urban residents in the face of challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic

With extreme weather pushing the country to the brink, a World Food Programme-backed scheme offers people protections

How resilience support from the World Food Programme is improving the livelihoods and health of farming communities

Digital support from the World Food Programe enables children to dream big

“This is a scenario I have never witnessed before,” Cyril Noujeim shares his experience in being part of the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) response in Lebanon in 2020

The World Food Programme is responding to deepening hunger and malnutrition levels as more and more people leave their homes in search of safety

World Food Programme and UNICEF call on governments to act on nutrition crisis as Covid-19 school closures reduce the diets of 370 million of the most vulnerable children by 40 percent

In supplying meals to help children learn better in Timbuktu, the World Food Programme supports food producers and retailers in northern Mali

World Food Programme calls for more than US$130m to reach displaced people and host communities on the brink

World Food Programme and UNHCR respond as 500 hundred shelters go up in flames 

Conditions such as wasting in children up as poverty caused by coronavirus restrictions hits mothers' access to nutritious food

Cash assistance paid in advance of floods in the south is a lifeline for devastated villagers

Lack of funds and obstacles on the ground lead to increasing hunger for millions of Yemenis

World Food Programme calls for emergency funds as delayed rains and COVID-19 restrictions push more than 1 million people into extreme poverty

With four countries on the brink of catastrophe, Margot van der Velden urges the world to step up

What a year it's been—below, a selection of our favourite stories to usher in 2021

The World Food Programme geared up to serve more people than ever in the country whose economic woes were worsened by COVID-19 and the Beirut port blast