For the first time since civil war broke out in South Sudan five years ago, the World Food Programme has succeeded in sending boats carrying lifesaving humanitarian food assistance.
Life has been hard for Nyagiech, hunger a constant battle, but with WFP’s help she can provide her family with the food they need to survive.
For the last six months, humanitarian organizations like WFP have delivered aid inside South Sudan, where 60 percent of its unpaved roads have disappeared.
When violence cut off 28,000 people from lifesaving assistance back in June in South Sudan, WFP found a way to bring lifesaving supplies.
Halfway through the year, the world’s youngest country turns seven as more than seven million of its people brace for the worst of the hunger season.
This past May, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution officially recognizing the link between conflict and hunger for the first time
Learn how WFP is delivering hope to families facing famine—and how one foundation of aviation experts is helping make this work possible.
By air, by river, by road. The race to stop looming famine means the World Food Programme (WFP) is leaving no stone unturned to gain access to people in need.
With the rainy season set to start next month, WFP is moving mountains to pre-position lifesaving food for people in need.
Without sustained humanitarian assistance and access to people in need, U.N. agencies say hunger could reach its highest level ever.
