Qatar’s support, part of which will go to WFP, is critical for staving off famine in Yemen and will save millions of lives.
World Food Program USA (WFP USA) today named Bill Dietz, President of Heartland Produce Co. in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to its distinguished Board of Directors.
A WFP convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle today with 900 metric tons of food as well as other emergency supplies.
There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19.
As South Sudan marks 10 years of independence, WFP and USAID reaffirm their strategic partnership to improve the lives of millions of South Sudanese.
High food prices, driven by conflict, economic fragility and the impacts of La Niña, are making food unaffordable for millions of families already struggling because of the pandemic.
WFP started its school meals program in Venezuela this week, with the first distributions of take-home rations to children and school staff.
WFP warns that without urgent funding, one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement crises in northern Mozambique risks becoming a hunger emergency.
WFP has resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting halted the emergency response last week.
WFP has moved its first food supplies to its logistics hub in Venezuela, as it prepares to launch its school meals program for vulnerable schoolchildren and employees in the country.
