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The Caribbean

Extreme weather events and rising prices are driving hunger in the Caribbean. Families urgently need food.

WFP Ramps up Lifesaving Food Assistance as Hurricane Melissa Leaves a Path of Devastation Across the Caribbean

As the full extent of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction emerges, WFP is intensifying relief efforts in the hardest hit areas.

Fill the Silence

Our fellow humans are brimming with innate, limitless potential. All they need is food to achieve it.

Ashley Park

Tony, Grammy, and Critics Choice award nominee Ashley Park advocates for Zero Hunger as a Goodwill Ambassador for the World Food Programme.

Airdrops Once Saved His Family. Now Garang Helps Arrange Them For Others.

December 8, 2017

‘People had only wild fruits and leaves to eat… and hunting, but most animals had run away because of the war.’

The First Climate Change Conflict

November 30, 2017

In South Sudan, the combined effects of civil war and drought have left nearly 5 million people food-insecure.

5 Voices From the South Sudan Crisis

November 13, 2017

Almost four years after civil war broke out, we reflect on the stories dispatched from the world’s youngest nation — South Sudan.

Level 3 Hunger Crisis Declared in DRC

October 27, 2017

Level 3 Hunger Crisis Declared in DRC

On The Frontlines in South Sudan: How Airdrops Are Saving Lives

October 27, 2017

Last month WFP reached some 2.7 million people with lifesaving food assistance across South Sudan.

How Innovation Is Transforming The Way Refugees Grow Food

October 7, 2017

In one of the most remote refugee camps in the world, WFP has introduced a smart new way to tackle food insecurity among refugees who lack access to land: Hydroponic agriculture.

WFP’s Rapid Response, Explained

October 3, 2017

WFP and UNICEF designed the simple yet innovative Integrated Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) to deliver urgently needed supplies to families in hard-to-reach areas.