Special Interest: Emergency Response
Day in and day out, the World Food Programme's humanitarian aid workers deliver life-saving assistance in physically and emotionally stressful conditions.
Despite the logistical challenges in a breaking emergency – including ongoing threats of flash floods, landslides and rains – the World Food Programme does whatever it takes to reach people in urgent need.
World Food Programme (WFP) drone team assesses the villages most affected by Cyclone Kenneth
The two devastating cyclones that have hit Mozambique in six weeks seem to confirm something climate scientists have been saying for a while: weather is becoming more unpredictable, and extreme events more frequent.
From the first 48 hours of an emergency, the World Food Programme is on the ground monitoring response needs and delivering immediate food aid.
Mozambique has suffered two record-breaking cyclones in one month. WFP's amphibious vehicles help deliver food to stranded communities. See how.
In times of disaster, WFP responds immediately to meet the need. Here's how we're responding to Cyclone Kenneth, and how you can help.
As Mozambique reels from the consequences of Cyclone Idai, Cyclone Kenneth hits the north of the country.
“The water level rose up to our elbows. My husband and I were carrying our children in our arms...We were trapped."
The funds, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace, will support immediate food needs in the worst-affected areas of the country.
The successful scale-up has been made possible by the generosity of donors. However, WFP still requires $130 million to be able to fully implement its response through June.
The contribution, provided through the USAID Office of Food for Peace, will support immediate food needs in the most affected areas of Manicaland Province.