Special Interest: Conflict
These seven food and hunger facts will make you do a double take the next time you tune into the Macy’s parade or push through the Black Friday crowds.
Amina was held captive for 11 months by armed fighters in Nigeria. She went on to run a WFP-supported soup kitchen capable of serving porridge and beans to more than 100 people a day.
A staggering 45 million people in 43 countries are teetering on the brink of famine, with immediate action needed to avert huge loss of life.
Hunger is terrible, but especially cruel to children. And it's a daily reality for millions of them – a scale that’s difficult for most of us to imagine.
While Yemen’s crisis is complex, the effect of years of war on families like Abdullatif’s is clear. “I don’t care about my future now. What I care about now is how I can feed my kids,” said Abdullatif.
“On May 8, 2018, I gave birth to my last-born child, and the next day, on May 9, my husband was killed," says Deborah. Her and her children have seen more than their share of hardship, including hunger.
Some 12.4 million people -- almost 60 percent of the population -- are now hungry and do not know where their next meal will come from. This is the highest number ever recorded in the history of Syria.
When violence broke out in Roda's hometown of Gumuruk, the local market was stripped down with her teashop in tow. In one day, Roda lost all the investment that she had worked so hard to build over a year.
As conflict, climate change and the impact of the pandemic increase global hunger, Brühl joins the world’s largest humanitarian organization in its mission to reach a world with Zero Hunger.
"People affected by the climate crisis do not have the luxury to wait until the world’s changed course on greenhouse gas emissions."
New findings indicate the food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shows little sign of abating and could worsen in the coming months without scaled-up assistance.
WFP warns today hat the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries has risen to 45 million, as severe hunger spikes around the world.