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Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 25, 2024

World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes United States announcement of substantial resources to tackle extraordinary levels of global humanitarian need

With famine now a real and dangerous threat in the Gaza Strip and Sudan, and millions driven into hunger in countries such as Haiti and Ukraine, an accelerated response to food insecurity has never been so urgent

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the announcement of supplemental emergency humanitarian assistance from the United States government which will be critical in preventing famine and saving millions of lives. “I thank the United States Administration and lawmakers from across the aisle in Congress for their strong bipartisan…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 24, 2024

China and World Food Programme (WFP) join forces to boost school meals and promote access to education in Uganda

This contribution will enable WFP to procure maize, beans, and vegetable oil locally, benefiting school children and smallholder farmers alike, thereby stimulating the local economy

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has provided funding to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the provision of school meals to over 165,000 children in Karamoja region in Northeastern Uganda. "This contribution is part of China’s commitment to improving food security and nutrition, developing human…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 24, 2024

Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1-in-5 people assessed in need of critical urgent action

Global Network Against Food Crises’ partners call for a transformative approach to break the cycle of acute hunger

According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023 - a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year. This rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis contexts…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 19, 2024

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and World Food Programme (WFP) renew their commitment to strengthen food security in Zambia

Zambia declared a state of emergency due to the El Niño induced drought, with 84 out of 116 districts and more than one million farming families affected, plunging the country into food and nutrition insecurity

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and CGIAR, have renewed their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), to strengthen food and nutrition security in Zambia as the…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 19, 2024

United States provides $11 million to World Food Programme's (WFP) refugees response in Uganda

The funding provides life-saving unconditional monthly general food assistance to over 1.3 million refugees across 13 settlements in Uganda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$11 million from USAID, on behalf of the American people. This additional funding brings USAID’s total support for refugees in Uganda to nearly $83 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2023. The funding provides life-saving unconditional monthly…

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Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 13, 2024

Economic fallout of Sudan war deepens hunger crisis for millions

This economic turmoil risks pushing one million people into severe food insecurity in South Sudan, where already over half the population – 7.1 million people – are acutely hungry

Sudan’s war has claimed thousands of lives, forced millions from their homes, and sparked economic turmoil across the region that is deepening the hunger crisis, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as the conflict approaches its one-year mark. In Sudan, areas of agricultural land have turned into battlegrounds,…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 12, 2024

Worsening hunger grips West and Central Africa amid persistent conflict and economic turmoil

The situation is particularly worrying in conflict-affected northern Mali, where an estimated 2,600 people are likely to experience catastrophic hunger (IPC/CH phase 5)

Nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, according to the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released by the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). This figure represents a four-million increase in…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 05, 2024

World Food Programme (WFP) supports Namibia's effort to ramp up domestic food production to ensure food self sufficiency

WFP provides technical support to the government to help strengthen food systems value chain as well as accelerate rural transformation towards the attainment of Zero Hunger

The Republic of Namibia has achieved high food self-sufficiency levels, thanks to sustained output from smallholder and large-scale farmers and WFP’s support for end-to-end food systems in Namibia. For the first time in fifteen years, the country has reached 45 percent self-sufficiency. Namibia, a desert nation, has significantly reduced food…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 05, 2024

First food aid in months reaches Darfur, yet limited humanitarian access is worsening Sudan's hunger catastrophe

Two convoys crossed the border from Chad into Darfur in late March, carrying food and nutrition assistance for around 250,000 people facing acute hunger in North, West and Central Darfur

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months. Yet, the UN food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Apr 02, 2024

World Food Programme (WFP) urges global support as Malawi faces looming food crisis triggered by El Niño

On 23 March, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera declared a State of Disaster, in 23 out of Malawi’s 28 districts affected by El Niño conditions

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for urgent resources to deliver life-saving food assistance to two million people reeling from the devastating impacts of drought, exacerbated by the effects of El Niño. This comes just days after Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera declared a state of disaster. The…

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