WFP Launches Food Voucher Program for Vulnerable Families Still Affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Each voucher will provide a family with a two-month supply of food - including meat, fish and fresh produce – and the ability to purchase other essential household items.

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United States Contributes $3.39 Million to WFP for the Drought Response in Zambia

Through this funding, WFP will deliver 2,380 metric tons of beans to complement the Government’s corn supply for three months, giving 255,000 drought-affected people across the country the food and nutritional assistance they need.

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These Are the Fastest-Deteriorating Emergencies to Look Out For in 2020

A new report hammers home the need for billions of dollars in investment to keep hunger from deepening its tentacles further into vulnerable locations across the world.

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World Food Programme Forecasts Global Hunger Hotspots as New Decade Dawns

The sheer scale and complexity of the challenges in Africa and other regions will stretch the resources and capacity of WFP and other agencies to the limit.

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International Community Must Step Up Support to Millions of Desperately Hungry Zimbabweans

Millions of Zimbabweans face an increasingly desperate situation unless adequate funding for a major relief operation materializes quickly.

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Despite the War Scars on Her Hands, Face and Back, 15-Year-Old Shadia Is Dreaming Big in Idlib

Shadia, age 15, was displaced from her home in south Idlib in Syria in early September and now lives in a camp in north Idlib.

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Hacking Hunger – Episode 39: A Yemeni Aid Worker on What It’s Like to Live Through the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

In this episode of Hacking Hunger, we asked WFP staffer and Yemeni citizen Mohammed Ghanim what it's like living through the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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On the Frontlines: A Yemeni Aid Worker on What It’s Like to Live Through the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

In this episode of Hacking Hunger, we asked WFP staffer and Yemeni citizen Mohammed Ghanim what it's like living through the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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WFP Assistance Rescues Yemen From the Brink but Struggle Continues for Millions

WFP has achieved an unprecedented expansion of food assistance in Yemen, scaling it up by 50 percent. But still, over 11 million people continue to face a daily struggle of finding enough food.

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A Former Marine Saw Firsthand the Need for American Humanitarian Aid. Now, He’s a U.S. Senator Fighting for Food, and Freedom, for All.

U.S. Senator Todd Young tells us why he is fighting to end hunger and conflict in Yemen and across the globe.

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World Food Programme Ramping Up to Reach 700,000 With Emergency Operation in Haiti

“Poor Haitian families face a very dramatic situation” said Miguel Barreto, WFP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. One in three Haitians, or 3.7 million people, need urgent food assistance, including 1 million suffering severe hunger.

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Children Are the Hidden Victims of Hunger and War. Here Are Some of Their Stories.

The world may be moving on to a new year, but in Yemen, millions are being left behind. Conflict has created a hunger crisis in the country.

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