During this unprecedented time, it’s vital that WFP maintains its food assistance that offers a lifeline to millions. See how WFP is responding during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Right now, COVID-19 is affecting all of us. It makes no distinction between individuals or countries, and it is spreading quickly across the world.
As the coronavirus continues to spread, it is having dire consequences on the health and nutrition of school children and their families.
WFP is prepositioning food, delivering medical equipment, providing emergency food rations, and using its global logistics network to help the world’s most vulnerable populations cope with COVID-19.
“In some contexts, the economic consequences of this disease could end up hurting more people than the disease itself,” says WFP’s Chief Economist.
WFP is gearing up to ensure that children across the global still have access to school meals even while schools are closed due to Coronavirus.
Less than 20% of people living in low-income countries have access to social protections of any kind, and even fewer have access to food-based safety nets.
A statement from WFP USA about its response to Coronavirus, which is crossing borders and threatening populations that are already vulnerable and hungry.
Right now, WFP’s primary focus is continuing to fulfill its mission to get lifesaving food to millions of people around the world while protecting the safety and health of its staff.
