
WFP scales back food assistance in Syria amid funding shortfalls
Critical funding shortfalls are forcing WFP to significantly scale back its operations in Syria.

Critical funding shortfalls are forcing WFP to significantly scale back its operations in Syria.

World Food Program USA and Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) today announced a $12 million, three-year commitment to substantially grow their partnership in support of the World Food Programme’s homegrown school meals.

A sharp escalation in violence has reversed recent food security gains in Lebanon and pushed the country back into crisis.

This was originally posted on wfp.org Conflict and displacement drive worsening crisis, with risk of famine in hardest-hit areas; nearly 700,000 children in danger of

Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain high, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, released today.

Through the support of the United States, WFP will deliver emergency food assistance to at least 390,000 people over the next 18 months.

WFP has announced Lucy Hale — world-renowned actress and producer — as its newest global Goodwill Ambassador. In this role, she will advocate on behalf of the more than 318 million people facing extreme hunger.

WFP is calling for support to protect fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in the struggling Caribbean nation.

WFP today released the HungerMap Live, a digital monitoring and intelligence capability, in more than 50 countries.

After three years of war, millions of people are left without access to food, shelter or sanitation, WFP warned today.