News & Stories

Here are the latest stories of hunger and hope from around the world. Our blogs and press releases bring you updates from the frontlines of the planet’s worst hunger crises. Use the filters to sort by region or topic and share your reactions with us @WFPUSA.

Podcast | Jun 23, 2020
Hacking Hunger: Episode 49 - Creating and Anti-Poverty Movement with Clint Borgen

Clint Borgen developed his dream for The Borgen Project alone on a fishing boat. On this episode of Hacking Hunger, we discussed how it began an anti-poverty movement.

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Podcast | Jun 16, 2020
Hacking Hunger: Episode 48 - Recognizing The Role of Hunger in Politics and War

Two years ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2417. On this episode of Hacking Hunger, South Sudan Country Director Matthew Hollingworth reflects on its significance, now, and for the future.

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Podcast | Jun 11, 2020
Hacking Hunger: Episode 47 - Poverty, Policy and Pandemic with Johan Swinnen

On today’s episode of Hacking Hunger, we caught up with Johan Swinnen, IFPRI’s director general, to get the inside scoop on his predictions of the pandemic’s impacts, challenges and potential effects,

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Podcast | May 28, 2020
Hacking Hunger: Episode 46 - “Everything Changed Overnight.” WFP USA CEO Barron Segar on Navigating a Global Crisis

Three months after Barron Segar joined WFP USA as president and CEO, disaster struck. COVID-19 hit and uprooted life as we knew. We spoke with him about how he's leading through unprecedented times.

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Podcast | Apr 29, 2020
Hacking Hunger - Episode 45: How Innovation Can Help Solve Hunger During a Pandemic

As the COVID-19 spreads, innovation and technology is needed more to reach people in need. On this episode of Hacking Hunger, Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, explains how the program is working to support WFP's pandemic response.

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Podcast | Apr 24, 2020
Hacking Hunger - Episode 44: Food Tank, Food Systems and COVID-19: A Conversation with Dani Nierenberg

"I don't think we can go back to business as usual after this." Danielle Nierenberg, world-renowned expert on food and ag, talked to us about her career and how coronavirus will affect food systems going forward.

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Podcast | Mar 30, 2020
Hacking Hunger - Episode 43: COVID-19 and the 5 Major Threats it Poses to Global Food Security

Less than 20 percent of people living in low-income countries have access to social protections of any kind, and even fewer have access to food-based safety nets. Dr. Chase Sova, WFP USA senior director of public policy and research, tells us what the experts are saying on COVID impact.

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Podcast | Mar 17, 2020
Hacking Hunger - Ep. 42: Inside the Lives of Women Living Through World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Hunger is cruel to everyone, but it’s not completely blind. Women – especially in times of war – are more at risk. Yemen is no exception to this rule, and as the nation’s conflict drags into its fifth year, women find themselves in increasingly difficult circumstances.

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Podcast | Feb 20, 2020
Hacking Hunger - Episode 41: How Can We End World Hunger? Travel Expert Rick Steves Visits Guatemala and Ethiopia to Explore Answers.

On this episode of Hacking Hunger, we spoke to travel expert Rick Steves on about his recent journey to Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn more about the problem of global hunger and how to solve it.

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