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.
Escalating violence in southern Syria continues to displace families from their homes.
In Bangladesh, saving lives means making sure that every Rohingya refugee has the food they need to survive.
This World Refugee Day, refugee children in Malawi share their hopes and dreams
We take you to Niger, a country in the Sahel where families are fighting for their lives—and a better future for their children.
In a historic unanimous vote, members of the U.N. Security Council recognized for the first time that armed conflict and violence are closely linked to food insecurity and the risk of famine currently threatening the lives of millions of people.
WFP engineers are in a race against time to create safe land in the world’s largest refugee camp where the most vulnerable will be relocated before the next crisis strikes.
Syrians are returning to a liberated city in ruins. Learn what the World Food Programme (WFP) is doing to help them rebuild their lives.
Today, 80 percent of humanitarian aid goes toward people in the midst of man-made conflicts.
An Ebola outbreak is threatening a country already on the brink of famine as the World Food Programme (WFP) steps up its emergency response to save lives before it’s too late.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up support to provide food and nutrition assistance to 350,000 Venezuelans fleeing deprivation in their home country.
Too often we don’t hear about the people who have been affected by this crisis. Their stories and experiences must not be forgotten.
Just 11-months-old, Shahd was being admitted for a second time to the World Food Programme (WFP)’s nutrition treatment center in Hodeidah, Yemen.