Across its 13,000 islands, Indonesia is making progress towards Zero Hunger: but it still faces deep challenges of limited food access, malnutrition, gender inequality, and serious vulnerability to climate disasters. But we’re working with the government to shore up food security and emergency response systems to reach the most vulnerable.
Armenia has been hit with multiple conflicts resulting in humanitarian crises, displacement, and hunger.
Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh is the world’s largest refugee camp with nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar.
This small country in the Himalayas has steady growth, but its ⛰️ mountainous terrain and ⛈️ natural disasters continues to challenge food security.
Cambodia has achieved sustained economic growth over the past two decades. Despite substantial progress, socio-economic and gender inequalities persist, hampering access to a nutritious diet. Food security and nutrition face challenges caused by shocks, a rapidly changing food environment and inefficiencies in the food system.
Rapid economic transformations over the past 35 years in the People’s Republic of China have meant remarkable progress in development – but large pockets of poverty and disparity still exist – especially in remote, mountainous areas.
The DPRK (North Korea) has experienced widespread food shortages since the mid-1990s. Over 10M people – 40% of the population – need food assistance. Many people suffer from chronic malnutrition due to lack of essential proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.
Decades of conflict have caused extreme hunger in Afghanistan, and this is compounded by recent natural disasters.
Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, WFP began emergency food distributions to affected communities.
In the wake of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, WFP is working to understand the current needs of affected communities and stands ready to support.
