Special Interest: Food Security
Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024 in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) released today.
Populations across the Gaza Strip are at risk of famine as fighting has surged again, border crossings are still closed and food is dangerously scarce.
Conflict, displacement, economic deterioration and recurrent extreme weather in West and Central Africa are driving millions of people towards emergency levels of hunger.
The World Food Programme has depleted all its food stocks for families in Gaza.
Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, WFP warned today.
Despite WFP's expanded emergency response, an escalation in violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti.
Vulnerable families in the northeast of South Sudan are at a critical tipping point as conflict escalates and hunger nears record levels, WFP warned today.
Amid growing hunger crises, shrinking global humanitarian budgets, and the rise of crypto philanthropy, WFP USA today announced it is now accepting over 80 types of cryptocurrencies.
Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, WFP began emergency food distributions to affected communities.
In response to an urgent funding shortfall warning from WFP last week, World Food Program USA today launched the Emergency Hunger Relief Fund.
In the wake of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, WFP is working to understand the current needs of affected communities and stands ready to support.
WFP warned today that 58 million people risk losing lifesaving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.