In the last year, COVID-19 has left 370 million children without school meals. WFP has begun building a school feeding coalition to find sustainable and innovative funding sources for school feeding programs, strengthen evidence and guidance to improve said programs and bring together multiple sectors to achieve better outcomes for school children globally.
Without urgent access to the care they need, severely malnourished children are at imminent risk of death. We must be able to safely reach all children, women and girls in need as soon as possible, particularly in the areas most affected by recent violence.
We applaud President Biden’s signing of this Rescue Plan and its robust funding for key international food assistance accounts, particularly the Food for Peace program and the International Disaster Assistance program.
Roughly, one child in Yemen will die every 75 seconds, said World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley during his address to the United Nations Security Council today. Beasley called for an end to the conflict and fuel blockade that are propelling Yemen towards the biggest famine in modern history.
After a decade of upheaval, conflict and displacement, Syrians are facing the worst humanitarian conditions since the start of the crisis. We cannot forget them.
Over half of the people in Yemen are facing acute food shortages with millions knocking on the door of famine. We have the vaccine to save their lives – it’s food, and all we need is the funding.
Women and girls make up half of our global community – It’s time they were included in leadership positions at every level and integrated in all spheres and stages of pandemic response and recovery.
Conflict, displacement and disease have taken a devastating toll on the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pushing millions into hunger and desperation.
Girls Gotta Run in Ethiopia has an innovative model of using sports to build girls’ confidence and guide them in setting and obtaining goals – critical skills for girls to succeed in school and beyond.
It might seem futuristic, but WFP’s “PLUS” software designs a “menu” of school meals that are healthier, up to 20% cheaper, and use as much as 70% locally-sourced ingredients.
