WFP is sounding the alarm that its lifesaving emergency food and nutrition assistance in Somalia is at risk of stopping without new funding.
New WFP report, ‘A Lifeline at Risk’, finds that 13.7 million WFP food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger.
WFP warns that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition due to critical funding shortfalls.
With ongoing drought and internal conflict, Somalia experiences widespread extreme hunger.
Climate extremes will keep hunger in Somalia at record highs, warned WFP today, as deadly floods sweep the country, devastating deeply food-insecure communities who are still battling to recover from the country’s longest recorded drought.
Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in a hunger emergency as the region lurches from crisis to crisis.
The climate crisis is causing more frequent and intense weather events. From droughts to hurricanes to floods, these climate extremes are causing hunger and poverty.
The Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education works to empower women and girls with the knowledge, training, and leadership skills necessary to achieve food security and reach their full potential.
World Food Program USA is proud to announce two new grantees for the Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education: The Lamia Afghan Foundation and the Galkayo Educational Centre for Peace and Development.
“There’s a level of desperation that I haven’t seen since the height of the Darfur crisis,” says Laura Turner, World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director
