Fall Update on WFP’s Response to the Global Hunger Crisis

World Food Program USA’s Fall Statement of Impact provides a snapshot of global hunger from May to September 2024 and how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) responded to hunger crises around the world.

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Hunger in Haiti Reaches Historic High With 1 in 2 Haitians Now in Acute Hunger

Haiti today marks another grim milestone, as the number of people facing acute hunger has now reached half of the country’s population, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.

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WFP Temporarily Suspend Staff Movement Across Gaza Following a Security Incident That Targeted WFP Vehicle

WFP is pausing the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice after a WFP team came under fire a few meters from an Israeli check point at the Wadi Gaza bridge.

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Gaza Conflict: A Timeline of Aid in a Humanitarian Crisis 

Here is a timeline of humanitarian aid challenges in Gaza throughout the conflict.

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WFP Launches Emergency Food Assistance for People Affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean

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.

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AI-led Science Innovation Protects Communities Hit by Climate Change

As the world grapples with impacts of climate change, the United Nations World Food Programme, University of Oxford Physics Department and IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre join together to revolutionize early warning and weather forecasting.

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WFP Rallies Support for Vulnerable Small Island States as Worst Atlantic Hurricane Season in Decades Kicks Off

WFP today called for urgent global support for small island nations disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, including many now bracing for what is expected to be an intense and destructive Atlantic hurricane season.

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First Food Aid in Months Reaches Darfur, yet Limited Humanitarian Access Is Worsening Sudan’s Hunger Catastrophe

WFP has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur. Yet, the U.N. food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all possible humanitarian corridors, the country’s hunger catastrophe will only worsen.

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Hunger in Gaza: Famine Findings a ‘Dark Mark’ on the World, Says WFP Country Director

Matthew Hollingworth, WFP country director ad interim, on the horrific hunger numbers published today that show famine is imminent in northern Gaza.

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Sudan’s War Risks Creating the World’s Largest Hunger Crisis, Warns WFP Chief

Sudan’s war has shattered millions of lives and created the world’s largest displacement crisis. Now this catastrophe also risks becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warns.

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WFP Food Deliveries to Northern Gaza Face Further Setbacks

Earlier today, with the help of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, U.N. World Food Programme food supplies for 20,000 people were dropped in northern Gaza. A massive relief operation requires more entry points into Gaza, including from the north, and the use of Ashdod port.

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WFP Deputy Chief Warns Security Council of Imminent Famine in Northern Gaza Unless Conditions Change

WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau addressed the United Nations Security Council on February 27 on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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