Pause in Fighting Allows Delivery of Lifesaving Food Assistance in Gaza but More Access Is Needed, Says WFP

WFP delivered desperately needed food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza during the initial pause in fighting but has reiterated that the supplies it was able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger seen by staff in the UN shelters and communities.

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WFP Operations Risk Grinding to a Halt in Chad as Refugees Flee Darfur Killings

WFP is today warning of a looming halt to its food and nutrition assistance to 1.4 million crisis-affected populations in Chad – including newly arrived Sudanese refugees – due to funding constraints.

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Gaza Faces Widespread Hunger as Food Systems Collapse, Warns WFP

Nearly the entire population of Gaza is in desperate need of food assistance, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.

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Is There a Global Food Shortage? What’s Causing Hunger, Famine and Rising Food Costs Around the World

Conflict, economic shocks, climate change and soaring prices for food and fertilizer are all combining in a perfect storm to create a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions. Right now, in some of the hungriest places around the world, there just isn’t enough food to feed the population. Does that mean there is a global food shortage?

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WFP Chief Makes Urgent Plea for Safe, Expanded Humanitarian Access to Gaza as Food Runs Out

WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain issued an urgent plea from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels.

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Diary From Gaza: ‘There’s no time to mourn anyone or anything’

One WFP employee describes the horror, the grief, her dreams for a better future, and why her work must go on in the face of it all.

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With Conflict Entering Fourth Week, WFP Warns of Growing Hunger and Desperation in Gaza

Thousands of civilians on Sunday morning stormed a UN-run warehouse in Gaza’s middle area, where WFP is storing some food commodities.

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Increased Violence in the Capital Drives Tens of Thousands of Haitians From Their Homes, Leaving Them Reliant on Food Aid

An uptick in violence in Port-au-Prince since mid-August has driven approximately 40,000 people from their homes in several neighborhoods of the capital, exacerbating an already complex humanitarian crisis.

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Food Lifeline for Desperate Families in Gaza at Risk Without Fuel, WFP Says

The catastrophic conditions facing hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza risk getting worse still, due to severe fuel shortages which threaten to bring food and other humanitarian operations to a standstill.

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WFP Calls for Sustained Access to Gaza as Humanitarian Convoy Brings First Food Supplies Across Border

WFP welcomed today’s opening of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which enabled a first convoy of trucks to bring in urgently needed food, water and other supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza.

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WFP Calls for Safe Access to Reach People in Gaza in Urgent Need

WFP is stockpiling 310 metric tons of food at the Gaza border ready for dispatch to people in desperate need – as soon as humanitarian access is granted.  

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WFP Appeals for Sustained Access to Gaza to Provide Food Lifeline

As humanitarian supplies converged on Egypt’s border with Gaza, WFP renewed its call for sustained humanitarian access to Gaza.

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