Stories

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

As conflict continues in Syria, the European Union and the World Food Programme are stepping in to help displaced families such as Um Ali's

The World Food Programme is responding as conflict and diseases push more people into hunger

A look back at the year in which WFP stepped up to unprecedented challenges and fed 100 million people in 88 countries

Players kick off 'Stop the Waste' Campaign, highlighting the impact of food waste on global hunger

As a child, she received emergency nutritional support from the World Food Programme where she is now a monitor helping Burundian refugees

As the World Food Programme receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, WFP veteran and Country Director in Chad Claude Jibidar reflects on the link between conflict and hunger, food and peace

Watch live event to mark WFP's acceptance of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

UN agency in call for funds—and peace—to avert a deepening humanitarian crisis

Accessing communities helped the World Food Programme and its partners  to respond to November's floods

Stalled peace and instability are creating a bleak future for the newest country in the world

For generations, people have suffered conflict and violence—now, projects teaching former combatants and victims how to produce food are showing the way

World Food Programme at hand as people worry about their next meal and conflict continues

World Food Programme staff in a country with a history of conflict reflect on their roles on the front lines

As the World Food Programme is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Abdulaziz Abdulmomin speaks to Susana from South Sudan

World Food Programme humanitarian in Libya reveals how conflict changed his country — and that the path to peace comes through working together.

WFP's ShareTheMeal app allows users to donate meals via their mobile phones

On International Day of People with Disability we turn to one of the most vulnerable groups who have been affected by the worst floods Cambodia has seen in a decade.

Four voices from the World Food Programme’s Common Services on overcoming the challenges of keeping the humanitarian community up and running when the pandemic kicked off

In one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, violence from extremist groups and the threat of extreme weather leave millions of families in poverty

As conflict and hunger intertwine, WFP assists Nigerian refugees, internally displaced people and the vulnerable communities that host them