Special Interest: Emergency Response
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has kicked off distributions of emergency food assistance to people severely affected by Hurricane Beryl on the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
As the Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl, World Food Program USA is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to support WFP’s emergency response efforts. This first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to significantly impact multiple countries in the eastern Caribbean.
As the Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl, WFP is on standby to join regional and national response efforts. This first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to significantly impact multiple countries in the eastern Caribbean.
The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms WFP's concerns about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical importance of sustained access to all areas of Gaza.
As fighting escalates in the south and center of Gaza, the toll on civilians is devastating, and the continued hostile operating environment make it near-impossible for humanitarian operations to deliver desperately needed food aid, warned WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau.
The United Nations World Food Programme is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians deteriorate and fighting intensifies in battle zones like El Fasher and Khartoum
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots," a new United Nations early warning report has revealed today.
After more than two months of blockages due to violent clashes between armed groups, WFP has made important progress, delivering truckloads of food to the highly vulnerable neighborhood of Cité Soleil in Haiti.
Millions of people are facing food insecurity due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in southern Africa, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warned during a visit to Zambia.
WFP warns that the devastating floods that struck the northeastern and northwestern regions of Afghanistan in the past two weeks, impacting more than 80,000 people, are likely to intensify in the coming months, with a significant impact on food security.
WFP warns that the window to save lives is closing as famine looms in Sudan’s war-torn regions with civilians trapped by intensified fighting in northern Darfur, the rainy season set to start in the coming month, and as the lean season hits.
WFP warns that time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur as intensifying clashes in North Darfur’s capital El Fasher hinder efforts to deliver vital food assistance into the region.