In Nicaragua, some 80,000 families are at risk. We have shipped drinking water, storage containers, and 275 metric tons of rice, beans and vegetable oil in response.
In an address this morning to the UN Security Council, WFP’s CEO David Beasley made an urgent appeal: “Don’t turn your backs on the people of Yemen.”
An ATM that dispenses food, a simple moisture meter, and an air-tight bag: these seemingly simple innovations could be game-changers for disrupting hunger around the world.
Where there is conflict, there is hunger. And where there is hunger, there is often conflict. Today is a reminder that food security, peace and stability go hand in hand.
Hungry Nigerian families are being plunged deeper into poverty during coronavirus. We’re getting creative with our delivery solutions.
Yemen is one of the most complex operating environments in the world, and millions are suffering. We need increased funding to help the country turn a corner.
Carmen Burbano, Director of School Feeding at the World Food Programme, says we must rethink the entire education system or risk a “generational catastrophe.”
We’re scaling up rapidly to reach 1 million people across the country – including thousands of Beirut families devastated by the blast.
Lebanon imports nearly 85% of its food. The severe damage to the Port of Beirut – the largest in the country – will push food prices beyond the reach of many.
There is no time to wait. The choices we make today will determine millions of children’s futures for months, years and decades to come.
