We sat down with Bettina Stix, Amazon’s Director of Right Now Needs and Disaster Relief, to learn more about Amazon’s priorities in their humanitarian work and what inspired their partnership with the U.N. World Food Programme.
Torrential rains and flash floods from Cyclone Seroja hit the Timor-Leste in early April, leaving crops destroyed in six municipalities. WFP and its partners distributed life-saving relief materials to families affected by the floods within 48 hours.
Somalia is once again on the brink of famine: A severe drought, rising food prices and violence has pushed the country to the edge.
mVAM technology enables the U.N. World Food Programme to monitor and respond to changes in food security worldwide.
Seven incredible women share their experiences of extreme hardship during Ramadan in war-torn Yemen.
One in three people in the DRC are suffering from acute hunger. This makes the central African country home to the highest number of people in urgent need of food security assistance in the world.
Superstar Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has just given $1 million dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme. “I encourage those who can to please give as well,” he said.
WFP has sent emergency food to people in Tigray but urgently needs $170M to meet critical food and nutrition gaps over the next six months.
The U.N. World Food Programme is working tirelessly to assist people in need following the devastating fire outbreak that tore through four settlements in the Kutupalong Mega Camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Our frontline staff in the camps reported horrific scenes of devastation, destruction and despair.
We are seeing a catastrophe unfold before our very eyes. Famine – driven by conflict, and fueled by climate shocks and the COVID-19 hunger pandemic – is knocking on the door for millions of families.
