WFP is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing lifesaving food and nutrition programs to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most.
Mothers and children in Afghanistan are hardest hit by a growing malnutrition crisis, as multiple crises converge.
WFP Shipping Chief Henrik Hansen explains how we are working 24/7 to reduce rising costs and transit times.
This is a transcript of what was said by Corinne Fleischer at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
As Myanmar marks one year since the earthquake last March, WFP warns that communities are now being hit by renewed hardship.
(WFP) is warning today that the total number of people around the world facing acute levels of hunger could reach record numbers in 2026 if the escalation in the Middle East continues to destabilize the world’s economy.
WFP has begun rapidly mobilizing a large-scale emergency response for communities in Afghanistan impacted by the conflict with Pakistan.Â
WFP warns more than 17 million Afghans are facing acute food insecurity this winter, as the scale and severity of hunger and malnutrition deepens.
More than 12 million people in Myanmar will face acute hunger in 2026, the World Food Programme warned today.
World Food Program USA provided $3.9 million to sustain WFP’s school meals program in Afghanistan. To learn more about the impact of our grant amidst rising hunger in the country, we spoke with WFP Country Director John Aylieff.
