Stories

On World Food Day, learn about the ways WFP is arming Bangladesh's poorest to confront devastating floods

WFP urgently needs US$18.8 million so Afghanistan’s earthquake survivors can eat and rebuild from the country’s latest disaster, and US$400 million to help the most vulnerable survive harsh weather

Programmes run by WFP and Nepal's Government are empowering female farmers and building resilience to weather extremes

Six months into Sudan's conflict, WFP's Head of Communications there describes the heartache and loss it has wrought

Humanitarian access and funding critical to continuing support to thousands of families

Teams at hand providing immediate emergency assistance

For many South Sudanese, Sudan was a refuge during their country’s civil war. Now WFP is assisting returnees, as they confront fresh hardship in their homeland

A funding crunch sharply curtails our response to two top hunger crises

In Ukraine, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WFP country directors call for a future without violence

Relief efforts are under way as human cost of extreme-weather tragedy unfolds

WFP delivers assistance to hundreds of families in Benghazi as it prepares to reach 5,000 families

An eyewitness account of one community being pushed to the brink as the World Food Programme is forced to cut food assistance to 10 million people.

World Food Programme early action programmes are saving lives and livelihoods across four countries

Parties to a conflict that's killed more than 1,100 civilians and 19 aid workers – including three World Food Programme staff – must honour agreements to protect humanitarian personnel and resources

As a child in Zimbabwe she faced hunger – now the award-winning humanitarian is on a mission to fight it everywhere

Two women who received World Food Programme school-feeding support as children on their passion for serving WFP as humanitarian workers today

Three Haitian women on what drives them to work with the World Food Programme in one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies

No more crossing the Lwizi river in Tanganyika the hard way as World Food Programme support cuts corners for farmers and communities

World Food Programme calls for free movement of humanitarian staff and supplies, sustained financial support, to continue food distributions and development programmes

People who’ve lost livestock such as donkeys and horses find a degree of security in smaller animals, thanks to World Food Programme support

How a World Food Programme project backing budding entrepreneurs affected by years of war is enabling women to score goals against the odds

How women teachers fuelled one girl’s dream of becoming an instructor

The Government of Nepal has largely taken over the WFP-supported programme that delivers payoffs for children, women farmers and entire communities

WFP nurtures stories of hope and resilience from the Philippines, the Republic of Congo and Bolivia

How the Swedish-funded NutriCash project, implemented by UNICEF and the World Food Programme, is changing the lives of refugee women