WFP Delivers Aid to Hardest-Hit Areas in Earthquake-Stricken Myanmar

Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, WFP began emergency food distributions to affected communities.

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World Food Program USA Announces Urgent $25 Million Emergency Relief Fund to Help Fill WFP’s Global Humanitarian Funding Shortfall Before It’s Too Late 

In response to an urgent funding shortfall warning from WFP last week, World Food Program USA today launched the Emergency Hunger Relief Fund.

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Myanmar Earthquake: WFP Ready to Assist

In the wake of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, WFP is working to understand the current needs of affected communities and stands ready to support.

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Tens of Millions at Risk of Extreme Hunger and Starvation as Unprecedented Funding Crisis Spirals

WFP warned today that 58 million people risk losing lifesaving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.

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Conflict and Rising Food Prices Drive Congolese Into One of the World’s Worst Food Crises According to New IPC Data

FAO and WFP today announced that new data from the latest IPC analysis reveals the highest number ever recorded of acutely food insecure populations in the DRC.

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Hunger Looms Again in Gaza as WFP Food Stocks Begin to Run Out

Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are again at risk of extreme hunger and malnutrition as humanitarian food stocks in the Strip dwindle and borders remain closed to aid.

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Earlier Food Security Gains in Gaza at Risk; Food Insecurity Concerns Grow in West Bank

In the 42 days of the ceasefire starting January 19, WFP delivered over 88 million pounds of food into Gaza and provided lifesaving assistance to 1.3 million people.

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Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria at Risk of Food Cuts as the World Food Programme Faces Severe Funding Crisis

The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that lifesaving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will halt in April 2025 without urgent funding.

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Senior U.N. Aid Officials Sound Alarm on Mozambique’s Triple 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.

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Three Years Into the War in Ukraine, One-Third of Population in Frontline Regions Struggle to Find Enough to Eat

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.

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WFP Alarmed at Soaring Hunger as More Flee Displacement Camps in Eastern DRC

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.

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WFP Delivers Lifesaving Nutrition Supplies to Remote Communities in Madagascar via Unmanned Aircraft

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.

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