An estimated 8.2% of the global population experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5% in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, according to this year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report.
WFP welcomes the news that Israel is prepared to implement humanitarian pauses, and that designated humanitarian corridors will be created, to facilitate the safe movement of U.N. convoys delivering emergency food supplies and other aid to people in Gaza.
The World Food Programme (WFP) continues to deliver lifesaving food assistance inside Gaza as the fear of starvation intensifies.
WFP will be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria at the end of July. This is due to critical funding shortfalls which come at a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger.
WFP has reached over 2 million people with lifesaving assistance in South Sudan so far this year. However, a severe funding shortfall threatens ongoing support, placing millions at risk of losing aid.
WFP urgently calls on the international community and all parties to advocate for, and facilitate, the delivery of lifesaving food aid to starving populations inside Gaza – safely, securely, wherever families are, and without obstruction.
Today, WFP USA is launching a national marketing campaign to shift the predominant hunger narrative by showcasing how food fuels futures through vibrant, custom artwork of those supported by WFP.
WFP warns that millions of Sudanese refugees who have fled to neighboring countries risk plunging deeper into hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortages force drastic cuts to lifesaving food assistance.
World Food Program USA is proud to launch the Zero Hunger Generation, a new program for young people to mobilize around global hunger relief through educational, service-oriented and career-building activities.
WFP continues to deliver lifesaving food assistance inside Gaza despite deteriorating security, limited access and growing desperation of communities in need of food assistance.
