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. Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, explains how the program is working to support WFP's pandemic response.

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Futures of 370 Million Children in Jeopardy As School Closures Deprive Them of School Meals – UNICEF and WFP

Millions of kids could go hungry during the pandemic without school meals. WFP wants to help.

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Afghans Face Down Hunger As They Suffer From the Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Three Afghans share their stories of getting help from WFP. They're the reason funding is needed to survive the pandemic.

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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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As Zimbabweans Go Hungry, Here’s How Coronavirus Is Making Everything Even Worse – Especially for Women and Girls

A single mother in Zimbabwe struggles under the threat of coronavirus: her crops are failing, her children are out of school and food is increasingly scarce. Here's how WFP is helping.

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UN Humanitarian Agencies Appeal for $15 Million for Joint COVID-19 Response for Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria

Coronavirus has exacerbated the lives of refugees who've been living in the Sahara Desert for the past 45 years. Here's our appeal, and how we plan to help.

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After Coronavirus Closed Schools in the Poorest, Most Vulnerable and Remote Part of Honduras, Teachers Got on Bikes to Deliver Food to Hungry Kids

WFP, UNICEF and the Honduran Government are helping teachers deliver food to out-of-school students on the remote Mosquito Coast - by bicycle.

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Global Report on Food Crises Reveals Scope of Food Crises as COVID-19 Poses New Risks to Vulnerable Countries

A new report finds that rates of acute hunger worldwide are the highest they've been since the report's inception.

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WFP Chief Warns of Hunger Pandemic As COVID-19 Spreads: Statement to UN Security Council

On April 21, WFP ED David Beasley addressed the UN Security Council, asking them to act quickly to prevent COVID-19 from pushing millions of people into famine.

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The Three Waves of Hunger: The Devastating Ripple Effects of COVID-19

Chase Sova, WFP USA sr. director of public policy and research, draws on a new WFP report to explain how COVID-19 is expected to double global hunger by the end of 2020.

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COVID-19 Will Double Number of People Facing Food Crises Unless Swift Action Is Taken

Today, WFP released a report announcing that COVID-19 could push more than a quarter of a billion into hunger by the end of 2020.

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An Urgent Call to Fund the Global Emergency Supply System to Fight COVID-19

WFP is seating up the vital logistics backbone that will help save lives and help halt the spread of the virus. Humanitarian leaders from across the world are calling on donors to provide the support needed for WFP to scale-up its lifesaving services.

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