Latin America is facing a perfect storm of inequality, struggling economies, political unrest, hurricane season and the pandemic. Without immediate action, hunger could rise by nearly 300 percent.
Fighting is keeping farmers from their fields and livestock keepers from their traditional grazing patterns: the violence is causing long term food insecurity across the region.
Today’s analysis “is truly heart-breaking”: More than 1 million more people in the southern areas of Yemen will face severe hunger by the end of this year.
The $6.25 million will help provide food to nearly 80,000 internally displaced Iraqis and 22,000 Syrian refugees, whose needs have grown as a result of the global pandemic.
A whirlwind of conflict, displacement and pandemic means that more than 15 million kids could going hungry in West and Central Africa. We must respond immediately.
Countries across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia could be crushed under the weight of famine during the pandemic. Here’s what WFP wants to do to help.
Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to register an alarming 269% rise in the number of people facing severe food insecurity compared to 2019.
Unhealthy diets, food insecurity, malnutrition and a pandemic mean tens of millions more people are hungry. Here’s what we need to do about it.
The programs are designed to reduce inequality and discrimination, protect people against unemployment, sickness or losses of income, and increase their economic autonomy.
“The frontline in the battle against the coronavirus is shifting from the rich world to the poor world,” said David Beasley, WFP’s Executive Director.
