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.
When Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti last month, the storm ravaged its southern coast and left hundreds of thousands of families without food, shelter and clean water.
When Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti last month, the storm ravaged its southern coast and left hundreds of thousands of families without food, shelter and clean water. But its devastation only tells part of the story.
In hard-to-reach areas of the war-torn state, children are suffering from a level of malnutrition that has left almost half of all children countrywide “irreversibly stunted.”
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One family's move from South Sudan to Darfur in search of food has been told in a video that will be shared during this week's U.N. General Assembly High Level Week, when world leaders come together to discuss migration and refugees. WFP's Jonathan Dumont describes the day he met Apu Riang and his family as they made the long, desperate journey.
El Niño has brought devastating drought to southern Africa and caused a second failed harvest that has left many farming families reeling in Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly stepping up life-saving operations for people like Roseby.
Urgent action by the international community and governments in the Dry Corridor of Central America is essential to help build resilience and food security.
In a besieged town in Syria, families had been boiling grass to survive. Then they heard that the first delivery of food and medicine in 18 months was on its way.
What's it like to live in a country with terrain that is both breathtakingly beautiful and incredibly dangerous?
Meet Anita: she lives in rural Nepal and tells us her story. "If there is no hunger in the world, it would be great. I would feel happy."
On a recent trip to Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp, we met Marouf, his wife and their five children. This is their story.