Haiti Earthquake: WFP Works With Partners to Assist Survivors

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working around the clock to respond after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti on Saturday.

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Garden to Plate: How School Feeding Empowers Children in Rwanda

By supporting schools, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) boosts both health and literacy in rural areas. 

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Airborne Vaccine: The Flights Taking on COVID-19 in South Sudan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service takes critical assistance to vulnerable people, including COVID-19 vaccines.

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For International Literacy Day, Meet Fatema: A Student in Bangladesh Reading Her Way to Success

Thanks to school meals and remote learning resources, students like Fatema can continue to learn and grow at home while schools remain closed in Bangladesh.

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Funding Gaps Hamper WFP’s Lifesaving Operations as Hunger Deepens in Myanmar

WFP warned today that its lifesaving operations in Myanmar are being held back by a major funding shortfall, with over 70 percent of its funding needs over the coming six months still unmet.

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One Year Later: The First Anniversary of the Beirut Port Explosion

As Lebanon walks the road to recovery from the Beirut blast, COVID-19, and ongoing financial crises, the U.N. World Food Programme has been and will continue to be there every step of the way to provide aid.  

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One Year After the Beirut Blasts, WFP Assists More People in Lebanon Than Ever Before

One year after the deadly blasts that rocked Beirut, WFP is now supporting one in six people in the country, more than at any time in its history.

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Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets, Red Tape and Lack of Funding, Warn FAO and WFP

In a new report, WFP and FAO warn that efforts to fight the global surge in hunger are being halted by conflict and blockades that cut off lifesaving aid.

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WFP Convoy Reaches Tigray, Many More Are Vital to Meet Growing Needs

A WFP convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle today with 900 metric tons of food as well as other emergency supplies.

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WFP Launches School Meals Program in Venezuela

WFP started its school meals program in Venezuela this week, with the first distributions of take-home rations to children and school staff.

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First WFP Food Supplies for Vulnerable Schoolchildren Arrive in Venezuela

WFP has moved its first food supplies to its logistics hub in Venezuela, as it prepares to launch its school meals program for vulnerable schoolchildren and employees in the country.

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Why Do People Have to Die Before a Famine Is Declared? And Other FAQs.

We had a chance to hear from the United Nations World Food Programme's Acting Director of Nutrition, Allison Oman Lawi, about the causes of famine and the urgent need in 2021 to avert it. 

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