This is a transcription of what was said by Matthew Hollingworth, WFP’s assistant executive director for programme operations.
WFP is scaling up emergency assistance, delivering aid and logistics support to communities cut off by damaged roads and infrastructure.
WFP is cutting food assistance in the West Bank due to severe funding shortages, even as food needs have more than doubled since 2023.
WFP has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.
WFP is expanding emergency food assistance after the August 10 earthquake, supporting survivors in some of the country’s hardest-hit areas.
UNHCR and WFP warn that funding shortfalls could cut lifesaving food and nutrition assistance for 650,000+ refugees and asylum seekers.
Our hearts go out to all those affected by the powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10, causing severe damage to buildings and forcing evacuations.
WFP warns that El Niño could worsen food insecurity through 2027, threatening vulnerable communities and driving greater hunger worldwide.
WFP is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing lifesaving food and nutrition programs to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most.
WFP is urgently scaling up food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Ebola has evolved from a localized health emergency into the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
