Programs: Emergencies
Hunger is often the first emergency when catastrophe strikes. That’s why the United Nations World Food Programme is among the first humanitarian organizations on the ground to help hungry families in crisis.
Senior United Nations humanitarian officials are appealing for urgent global action to address a trio of crises – conflict, climate shocks and a deteriorating socio-economic situation – confronting Mozambique.
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, an estimated 5 million Ukrainians are facing food insecurity, with the greatest needs concentrated in areas near the frontlines.
WFP has partially resumed food assistance in parts of Goma in eastern DRC, delivering vital nutrition supplies as three weeks of fighting continues to worsen access to food for the most vulnerable.
The United Nations World Food Programme has, for the first time in three months, delivered lifesaving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of Farafangana in southeastern Madagascar.
WFP reached more than 330,000 people in Gaza with food assistance in the first week of the ceasefire, providing food boxes, hot meals and cash assistance to war-weary families.
Nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of conflict in late 2024, according to a new food security assessment.
WFP trucks have started crossing into Gaza after the ceasefire came into effect. We are ready to scale up to reach over 1 million people.
WFP welcomes the agreed ceasefire announced January 15. But a ceasefire is only the start – not the end – of what’s needed to reach hungry families in Gaza.
Amid escalating violence and hunger, WFP stands firm together with the dedicated staff and volunteers of its Haitian partner organizations to scale up food distributions.
The U.N. World Food Programme’s Emergency Communications Head Jonathan Dumont recently visited the Gaza Strip — here’s what he saw.
Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified as experiencing famine conditions.
An abrupt end to the Syrian civil war, which has lasted over a decade and caused a humanitarian catastrophe and refugee crisis. How has it impacted civilians?