
For Syrians Celebrating Ramadan, Rising Food Prices Keep Basic Foods Like Dates and Apricots out of Reach
The U.N. World Food Programme’s support is a lifeline as Syrian shoppers curb spending and traders suffer this Ramadan.

The U.N. World Food Programme’s support is a lifeline as Syrian shoppers curb spending and traders suffer this Ramadan.

Three consecutive years of flooding in South Sudan have destroyed homes, harvests and acres of land. Coupled with drought, violence and high food prices, communities are being pushed to their limit.

WFP remains at the forefront of the humanitarian response in Lebanon, currently assisting one in every three people across a country that is now reeling under the impact of local and global crises.

Thanks to a recently introduced law on funding for people with disabilities, WFP is working with a local government in Kenya to support people with disabilities like 8-year-old Ikran.

Hardly anything that happens on the battlefield stays on the battlefield. Every conflict sends its trauma and turmoil beyond places shattered by bombs. The conflict in Ukraine is no different.

We sat down with the female members of World Food Program USA’s senior leadership team to learn how gender shaped their trajectories as leaders and hear their advice for future generations of women and girls.

Through the United Nations Food Programme (WFP) and a network of local NGOs, refugees and host families in Moldova can register for cash assistance. Across Moldova, WFP is also providing three meals per day to Ukrainian families.

Misconceptions around healthy diets can keep our hands out of the cookie jar and searching instead for one, single food that guarantees good health. Read on to find the top nutrition myths debunked.

As WFP’s food safety and quality officer in Juba, Ume oversees the entire South Sudan operation – from food inspections to management of any issues with the products and packaging.

The conflict in Ukraine puts enormous strain on a global humanitarian system already buckling under the pressure of 44 million people facing famine – numbers we haven’t seen since WWII, if ever.