Hunger Emergencies

The world’s worst disasters driving hunger

Pakistan floods WFP/Saiyna Bashir

When conflict erupts or natural disaster strikes, the United Nations World Food Programme is there. It feeds families on the frontlines of our planet’s most dangerous and complicated emergencies.

Top Crises to Watch

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What is Causing Hunger Crises?

Conflict

The primary driver of hunger is conflict – wars and violence create complex humanitarian emergencies.

Extreme Weather

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more intense, destroying agriculture & infrastructure.

A WFP helicopter flies over a crowd of people. WFP/George Fominyen

THe impact of Hunger Emergencies

Famine

Conflicts and disasters often disrupt food chains that are already fragile. As hunger becomes more widespread and prolonged, famine sets in and the effects are dire.

Humanitarian emergencies leave people without food or shelter, forcing them to flee. As refugee crises unfold, hunger becomes a greater challenge.

Emergency Relief

Food is often the first thing people need when catastrophe strikes. Natural disasters and conflict leave entire communities homeless and hungry.

WFP does whatever it takes to reach the world’s most vulnerable people, and deliver the food and nutrition they so urgently need.

WFP/Jacqueline Dent

Stories of from the FrontLines

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