A WFP-charted vessel departed today from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuznhy (Pivdennyi) with wheat grain destined for the agency’s humanitarian response in Yemen.
The first shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain bound for WFP’s humanitarian response left Ukraine’s Yuzhny port yesterday, marking another important milestone in getting Ukrainian grain back into global markets.
Cash-based assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to keep young students like Issa in the classroom while boosting their families’ health. Â
Cargill has made a $10 million grant to World Food Program USA in support of WFP’s response to the global hunger crisis, escalated by the collateral impact of the Ukrainian war.
This a significant moment in Sri Lanka’s history. The country is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis since 1948.
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 warns that 828 million people are hungry as war in Ukraine sends food, fuel and fertilizers prices rocketing. Â
When the war broke out in Ukraine, Nina fled her home with nothing. Now, she is working as a program associate with WFP. Read her story, in her own words. Â
Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the WFP planned to support this year will be left without humanitarian food assistance due to critical funding shortages, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.
WFP’s Emergency Coordinator in Ukraine Matthew Hollingworth weighs in on the war’s impacts, the challenges ahead and why this emergency is different than others he has worked in.
A new hunger hotspots report found that conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects from the war in Ukraine are pushing millions of people across the world into poverty and hunger.
