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.
Information is one of the most important weapons in a pandemic. Here's how WFP tech hubs are scaling up to help.
As the COVID-19 spreads, innovation and technology is needed more to reach people in need. Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, explains how the program is working to support WFP's pandemic response.
Millions of kids could go hungry during the pandemic without school meals. WFP wants to help.
Three Afghans share their stories of getting help from WFP. They're the reason funding is needed to survive the pandemic.
A single mother in Zimbabwe struggles under the threat of coronavirus: her crops are failing, her children are out of school and food is increasingly scarce. Here's how WFP is helping.
Coronavirus has exacerbated the lives of refugees who've been living in the Sahara Desert for the past 45 years. Here's our appeal, and how we plan to help.
On April 21, WFP ED David Beasley addressed the UN Security Council, asking them to act quickly to prevent COVID-19 from pushing millions of people into famine.
Chase Sova, WFP USA sr. director of public policy and research, draws on a new WFP report to explain how COVID-19 is expected to double global hunger by the end of 2020.
The Government of Ethiopia and WFP opened a new hub inside Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport from which COVID-19 supplies, equipment and humanitarian workers will be transported by air across Ethiopia and Africa.
On March 30, WFP officially classified the COVID-19 crisis as an L3 emergency. But what, exactly, does this mean?
Two World Food Programme nutrition experts talk about how to protect the most vulnerable people - children - during the Coronavirus pandemic
“The COVID pandemic risks even wider and deeper desperation,” said Eddie Rowe, WFP’s Country Director. “We must all do our utmost to prevent this tragedy turning into a catastrophe.”