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Airdrops Once Saved His Family. Now Garang Helps Arrange Them For Others.
‘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
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
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
Level 3 Hunger Crisis Declared in DRC

On The Frontlines in South Sudan: How Airdrops Are Saving Lives
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
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:Â Hydroponic agriculture.

WFP’s Rapid Response, Explained
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.

What WFP Delivers: General Food Distribution
What WFP Delivers: General Food Distribution

One Journalist’s Dispatch From a Child Malnutrition Crisis in Nigeria
TIME reporter Aryn Baker describes the devastating effect of Boko Haram’s reign of terror on children in northeast Nigeria.
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