United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador, world-renowned athlete Ons Jabeur is visiting WFP and the Egyptian Government’s joint programs in Luxor and Cairo that are designed to address the impacts of climate change, improve access to education, increase nutrition awareness, and support women and youth empowerment.
Haiti today marks another grim milestone, as the number of people facing acute hunger has now reached half of the country’s population, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance for up to 1 million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon.
WFP today welcomed a renewed commitment by G7 Agriculture Ministers to work towards greater food security and better nutrition globally, noting that 309 million people face acute hunger caused by conflict, economic upheaval and the climate crisis.
World Food Program USA is deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Lebanon. We are closely monitoring the unfolding situation and stand ready to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s response.
Today, WFP welcomed a contribution of $8 million from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints towards WFP’s homegrown school meals program in Haiti.
Torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic floods in West and Central Africa, affecting over 4 million people in 14 countries, WFP today warns.
The UN World Food Programme is providing aid across 14 areas in Sudan to people who are either facing famine or at risk of slipping into famine after 500 days of relentless conflict.
WFP is pausing the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice after a WFP team came under fire a few meters from an Israeli check point at the Wadi Gaza bridge.
The first WFP food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.
