Asia Archives - World Food Program USA

Andrés Gordillo in his canoe, navigating through the communities affected by flooding in the Los Espinos-Quevedo Community

El Niño Could Worsen Hunger This Summer. Here’s WFP’s Humanitarian Response.

For families already struggling to find enough food, weather shocks from El Niño can quickly lead to extreme hunger. That’s why WFP prepared and acted early to protect communities.

WFP Reaches More Than 100,000 People With Assistance Since Venezuela Earthquakes

A month after two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela, the World Food Programme (WFP) continues to provide food assistance to communities impacted by the devastation.

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Food distribution in Archale, Kisapang Rural Municipality 5, Nuwakot District, one of the areas hardest hit by the floods

WFP scales up response in Nepal as remote communities remain isolated

September 4, 2026

WFP is scaling up emergency assistance, delivering aid and logistics support to communities cut off by damaged roads and infrastructure.

Floods and landslides in Nepal have left hundreds dead and missing.

WFP supports Nepal’s response following deadly floods and landslides

August 28, 2026

WFP is supporting Nepal’s response to devastating floods and landslides with food assistance, logistics support and emergency aid.

WFP distributed ready-to-eat fortified biscuits to the flood affected people

WFP launches emergency flood response in Myanmar as monsoon flooding compounds severe humanitarian crisis

August 18, 2026

WFP has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.

Afghanistan’s Child Malnutrition Crisis Deepens as Cuts to Aid Put Lives at Risk

August 4, 2026

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.

Carl Skau visiting the Omari camp near the Pakistan border

Afghan women and children pay the price as crises converge and funding shrinks

May 14, 2026

Mothers and children in Afghanistan are hardest hit by a growing malnutrition crisis, as multiple crises converge.

Arrival and storage of ECHO-donated ready-to-eat-food

Middle East crisis: WFP navigates turbulent waters to tackle hunger

April 8, 2026

WFP Shipping Chief Henrik Hansen explains how we are working 24/7 to reduce rising costs and transit times.

Smoke rises from a building hit by a bombing

Global Disruptions to Supply Chains Are Driving Tomorrow’s Hunger Crisis

March 31, 2026

This is a transcript of what was said by Corinne Fleischer at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

A displaced family sheltering in a tent after the March 2025 earthquake

One Year After Myanmar Earthquake: New Global Shocks Threaten to Push Survivors Back Into Hunger

March 27, 2026

As Myanmar marks one year since the earthquake last March, WFP warns that communities are now being hit by renewed hardship.

Smoke rising following a bombing in Beirut

WFP Projects Food Insecurity Could Reach Record Levels as a Result of Middle East Escalation

March 17, 2026

(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.