Safe Access Needed to Deliver Food in Gaza
May 23, 2025
WFP and its partners must also be allowed to distribute wheat flour and food packages directly to families – the most effective way to prevent widespread starvation.
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Fresh Bread Returns to Gaza for the First Time in Over Two Months as Limited Supplies Reach Bakeries Overnight
May 22, 2025
A handful of bakeries in south and central Gaza, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), have resumed bread production after dozens of trucks were finally able to collect cargo from the Kerem Shalom border crossing and deliver it overnight.
WFP Warns of Rising Hunger and Malnutrition in Ethiopia as Humanitarian Needs Outpace Resources
April 22, 2025
Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, WFP warned today.
WFP Calls for Urgent Access to Preposition Food in Sudan as Rainy Season Risks Cutting off Roads to Starving
April 11, 2025
WFP is urgently calling for unimpeded access to immediately preposition food assistance across key locations in Sudan, as deliberate obstruction by parties on the ground and the approaching rainy season threaten to render vast areas of the country inaccessible by road.
World Food Program USA Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies
April 8, 2025
Amid growing hunger crises, shrinking global humanitarian budgets, and the rise of crypto philanthropy, WFP USA today announced it is now accepting over 80 types of cryptocurrencies.
World Food Program USA and Starbucks Coffee Company Partner to Boost Food Security of Guatemala’s Coffee Farmers
April 3, 2025
WFP USA and Starbucks Coffee Company are pleased to announce a new collaboration in support of a WFP initiative to improve the resilience, food security, and nutrition of coffee-growing communities in Guatemala, connected to Starbucks supply chain. Â
WFP Delivers Aid to Hardest-Hit Areas in Earthquake-Stricken Myanmar
April 3, 2025
Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, WFP began emergency food distributions to affected communities.
World Food Program USA Announces Urgent $25 Million Emergency Relief Fund to Help Fill WFP’s Global Humanitarian Funding Shortfall Before It’s Too LateÂ
March 31, 2025
In response to an urgent funding shortfall warning from WFP last week, World Food Program USA today launched the Emergency Hunger Relief Fund.
WFP Calls for Urgent Investment to Prevent Child Wasting as Leaders Convene at Nutrition for Growth Summit
March 26, 2025
As global leaders and experts convene in Paris for the fourth Nutrition for Growth Summit, WFP is calling for greater focus and action to prevent wasting before its life-threatening impacts are felt in children.
Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria at Risk of Food Cuts as the World Food Programme Faces Severe Funding Crisis
March 7, 2025
The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that lifesaving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will halt in April 2025 without urgent funding.
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