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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.

Togo

April 22, 2025

Economic instability and floods are damaging Togo’s agricultural systems, causing greater hunger.

Tunisia

April 22, 2025

Hunger continues to be a pressing issue in Tunisia, affecting vulnerable populations due to rising food prices, limited access to resources, and climate change.

Uganda

April 22, 2025

With improved security, Uganda is a relatively stable country in East Africa that takes in over a million refugees from its neighbors. However, poverty and food insecurity are still widespread.

Kenya

April 22, 2025

Kenya is experiencing rapid economic and population growth, but it’s struggling to ensure that everyone gets equitable access to resources, especially food security.

Lesotho is experiencing a major food security crisis as a result of the El-Niño induced drought. The situation has been exacerbated by successive years of crop failures, low incomes and high food prices.

Liberia

April 22, 2025

Liberia, on the Atlantic coast of Africa, is classified as a least developed, low-income, food-deficit country.

Libya

April 22, 2025

Years of political instability and a recent economic crisis have left the country in a fragile state of transition. The recent deadly floods threaten its recovery and may put many more at risk of hunger.

mother holding child on her back in crowd of people

Madagascar

April 22, 2025

Frequent climate extremes like cyclones and drought are driving hunger in southern Madagascar.

Woman stands in field hit by tropical cyclone

Malawi

April 22, 2025

With a majority of livelihoods dependent on agriculture, the population of Malawi is highly vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters such as drought and flooding.