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.
In regions around the world, the climate crisis is causing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. From droughts to hurricanes to floods, these climate extremes are driving more people into severe 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
In response to the looming threat of famine, WFP has scaled up to reach more people than ever before in Somalia – people like Mido.
