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 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.
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.
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
Within 48 hours of the powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon, WFP began emergency food distributions to affected communities.
In response to an urgent funding shortfall warning from WFP last week, World Food Program USA today launched the Emergency Hunger Relief Fund.
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.
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.
WFP has partially resumed food assistance in parts of Goma in eastern DRC, delivering vital nutrition supplies as three weeks of fighting continues to worsen access to food for the most vulnerable.
The United Nations World Food Programme has, for the first time in three months, delivered lifesaving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of Farafangana in southeastern Madagascar.
