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Andrés Gordillo in his canoe, navigating through the communities affected by flooding in the Los Espinos-Quevedo Community

El Niño Could Worsen Hunger This Year. Here’s WFP’s Humanitarian Response.

For families already struggling to find enough food, weather shocks from El Niño can quickly lead to extreme hunger. That’s why WFP prepared and acted early to protect communities.

The drought in Somalia is putting families and communities under growing strain.

World Food Programme ramps up preparedness and response plans as El Niño threatens to push tens of millions into acute hunger

WFP warns that El Niño could worsen food insecurity through 2027, threatening vulnerable communities and driving greater hunger worldwide.

Mamenosoa Odile lives in Anjamahavelo. She is the president of the Mifanavotse Association. They work with WFP, growing and harvesting crops in community farmland.

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Mustering Hope to Reduce Global Hunger in 2021

January 26, 2021

WFP never abandons hope. We’re applying it in spades to roll back one of the most severe hunger catastrophes in our six decades of existence.

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Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Southern Madagascar as Drought and Pandemic Double Number of Hungry People

January 12, 2021

With malnutrition rates spiraling and children forced to beg to help their families eat, urgent action is needed to prevent a crisis.

Stepping Up to the Growing Hunger Emergency in Yemen

December 21, 2020

Most of us would have to strain to imagine what life would be like if 80 percent of all the people around us were in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. For the people of Yemen, that is the relentless reality.

UN Agencies’ Alarm at Worsening Hunger in South Sudan

December 18, 2020

Conflict, floods and COVID-19 are pushing more people into extreme hunger.

The Future of International Relief: Co-Creation With the Private Sector

December 16, 2020

As we move into the next decade, we need to re-imagine how we do our work. What technologies and approaches could we develop in the future to solve humanitarian crises?

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grants $500,000 to Support Lifesaving Food Assistance in Burkina Faso and Burundi

December 15, 2020

Conflict-ridden Burkina Faso is one of four nations teetering on the brink of famine. The Hilton Foundation’s contribution is critical in addressing urgent hunger here.

WFP Chief Urges World to Use Its Wealth to Prevent Famine in Nobel Acceptance Speech

December 10, 2020

This Nobel Peace Prize is more than a thank you. It is a call to action as 270 million people march toward starvation.

A Nobel Peace Prize for United Nations World Food Programme’s Accomplishments and Growing Challenges Ahead

December 9, 2020

Much as we are humbled by and proud of the Nobel Committee’s ultimate acknowledgment of all we’ve done, we are just as grateful to it for highlighting the growing need in the immediate future.

Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and Content – December 10th

December 7, 2020

The Nobel recognition of the United Nations World Food Programme comes as famine again threatens millions of people, especially in four conflict-affected countries.

World Food Program USA President & CEO Barron Segar Calls on Congress to Include Robust International Food Assistance in COVID-19 Relief Bill

December 7, 2020

As the House and Senate continue to work towards agreement on another COVID-19 relief package, I urge members to support the inclusion of robust funding for international aid.

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