Why WFP Needs to Be Invited Into a Country Before Delivering Food
January 12, 2023
The United Nations World Food Programme can launch an emergency response within 72 hours. But first, we need to be invited into a country.
WFP News
Topic: Logistics
South Sudan’s Road Out of Hunger
October 20, 2022
In the world’s youngest country, WFP is empowering communities by constructing roads to improve food security and develop rural economies.
WFP Vessel Leaves Ukraine With Grain for Humanitarian Response in Yemen
August 30, 2022
A WFP-charted vessel departed today from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuznhy (Pivdennyi) with wheat grain destined for the agency’s humanitarian response in Yemen.
First WFP Vessel Leaves Ukraine, Boosting Efforts to Get Food Supplies to People Threatened by Famine
August 17, 2022
The first shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain bound for WFP’s humanitarian response left Ukraine’s Yuzhny port yesterday, marking another important milestone in getting Ukrainian grain back into global markets.
Cargill Grants $10 Million to World Food Program USA to Combat the World’s Growing Hunger Crisis
August 11, 2022
Cargill has made a $10 million grant to World Food Program USA in support of WFP’s response to the global hunger crisis, escalated by the collateral impact of the Ukrainian war.
WFP Rapidly Deploys Food and Logistics Equipment to Earthquake-Hit Eastern Afghanistan
June 23, 2022
WFP has rapidly deployed food and logistics equipment to support communities devastated by the June 22 earthquake that struck near the city of Khost.
WFP Collaborating With Uber to Facilitate Aid Delivery in War-Stricken Ukraine
June 8, 2022
WFP is working with Uber Technologies Inc, a global mobility and delivery platform, to transport emergency assistance to people in need in urban areas across Ukraine through the use of a custom-built version of Uber’s platform.
What’s in a Box: How  Cutting-Edge Packaging Can Help Safeguard the Environment and  Fight Hunger 
June 7, 2022
The packaging of WFP’s food has a lot to accomplish. It has to protect and preserve food, provide information on safe use and disposal, be able to withstand a variety of climates, sit for extended periods of time, allow for effective transport and tracking – and be environmentally sustainable.
WFP Calls for Urgent Opening of Ukrainian Ports to Help Rein in Global Hunger Crisis
May 6, 2022
WFP is calling for the re-opening of the ports in the Odessa area of southern Ukraine so that food being produced in the war-torn country can flow freely to the rest of the world, before the current global hunger crisis spins out of control.
Meet Volana Rarivoson, a WFP Communications Assistant in Her Home Country of Madagascar
April 28, 2022
For International Girls in ICT Day, meet Volana Rarivoson: a communications assistant for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar.
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