Stories

‘This is the price innocent people pay for war’ – WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain urges the international community to step up to help the ‘injured and malnourished’

World Food Programme regional directors make case for funds to boost both emergency response and resilience-building programmes

How money from the World Food Programme economically empowers people in tough circumstances

Escalating violence and displacement are tipping the Democratic Republic of the Congo into freefall – the World Food Programme is calling for funds to respond

WFP is providing emergency food assistance through cash distributions to refugees, internally displaced people and host communities

WFP-supported nutrition cooking classes are changing diets and lives in a malnutrition hotspot

How the World Food Programnme's new cash policy helps people in crises build futures

World Food Programme calls for funds to maintain ‘stabilizing’ humanitarian assistance 

World Food Programme assistance should be a mainstay for Congolese refugees flocking to Tanzania. But a budget crunch threatens our response

World Food Programme warns already soaring child hunger and malnutrition is worsening

During the worst drought in decades, refugees in Kenya received cash assistance to buy food and other essentials

Along with food, we’re delivering clean energy solutions to fight hunger

World Food Programme calls for US$180 million to avoid a devastating reduction in assistance

As shocks pound livelihoods, the World Food Programme is providing vital support to coastal communities in the south of Iraq through mangrove trees

Amid soaring funding needs and displacement, the World Food Programme aims to reach millions of people affected by the conflict with ready-to-eat meals, nutritional support and cash

From strengthening early warning systems to predicting climate hazards and giving people valuable preparation time, WFP is giving communities the tools they need to protect themselves against climate impacts

World Food Programme innovation facilitates food assistance within a remarkably quick window

New findings paint an alarming picture of how conflict helps drive hunger in Africa's second-largest country

Government joins forces with World Food Programme to change lives for farmers and families

A project funded by Japan and facilitated by the World Food Programme is changing lives in a community hit by erratic weather linked to climate extremes

FAO and WFP expect conditions to worsen for a further 18 countries, bringing the total pushed to the brink by conflict, climate change and economic shocks to 22

In Myanmar and Bangladesh, WFP urgently needs US$116 million to support the most vulnerable

Together, the World Food Programme and the African Union are overcoming challenges with programmes such as school feeding

World Food Programme’s in-kind support means food parcels for around 300,000 Lebanese people – indispensable assistance amid one of the worst financial crises the world has known

After three years of drought, more than 23 million people across parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia face severe hunger - the World Food Programme requires US$810 million to respond