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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.

Djibouti

April 22, 2025

Djibouti is the hungriest country in the Horn of Africa – nearly half of the population lives in extreme poverty. But WFP is there, working to eradicate hunger for all.

Horn of Africa ‘Cannot Wait’: WFP Scales up Assistance as Historic Drought Raises Famine Threat

August 23, 2022

Since the start of the year, 9 million more people have slipped into severe hunger across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – leaving 22 million people struggling to find enough food to eat.

A woman stands in front of her shelter with her family at a refugee camp in Somalia.

Hunger Could Double in East Africa and the Horn in Months as Coronavirus Spreads

May 19, 2020

The socio-economic impact of coronavirus in East Africa and the Horn could kill more people than the pandemic itself.

a woman stands in a field filled with locusts

Locusts in East Africa: A Race Against Time

February 25, 2020

The locust upsurge affecting East Africa is a graphic and shocking reminder of this region’s vulnerability. Yet as ancient as this scourge is, its scale today is unprecedented in modern times.