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The Caribbean

Extreme weather events and rising prices are driving hunger in the Caribbean. Families urgently need food.

WFP Ramps up Lifesaving Food Assistance as Hurricane Melissa Leaves a Path of Devastation Across the Caribbean

As the full extent of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction emerges, WFP is intensifying relief efforts in the hardest hit areas.

Fill the Silence

Our fellow humans are brimming with innate, limitless potential. All they need is food to achieve it.

Ashley Park

Tony, Grammy, and Critics Choice award nominee Ashley Park advocates for Zero Hunger as a Goodwill Ambassador for the World Food Programme.

A mother and daughter in masks hold a bag of food.

Futures of 370 Million Children in Jeopardy As School Closures Deprive Them of School Meals – UNICEF and WFP

April 29, 2020

Millions of kids could go hungry during the pandemic without school meals. WFP wants to help.

After Coronavirus Closed Schools in the Poorest, Most Vulnerable and Remote Part of Honduras, Teachers Got on Bikes to Deliver Food to Hungry Kids

April 23, 2020

WFP, UNICEF and the Honduran Government are helping teachers deliver food to out-of-school students on the remote Mosquito Coast – by bicycle.

New Digital Map Shows Terrible Impact of COVID-19 on School Meals Around the World

March 27, 2020

As well as displaying global totals, the map shows how many children are affected in each country, with real-time data indicating both the scale of the challenges and the need for solutions.

COVID-19 Outbreak: Children Left Without Meals

March 24, 2020

As the coronavirus continues to spread, it is having dire consequences on the health and nutrition of school children and their families.

World Food Programme Gears Up to Support Children Left Without Meals Due to COVID-19 School Closures

March 20, 2020

WFP is gearing up to ensure that children across the global still have access to school meals even while schools are closed due to Coronavirus.

Four girls in blue shirts laugh while seated, posing for a photo.

This One Simple Thing Can Feed Children, Reduce Inequality, Empower Women and Girls, and Break the Cycle of Poverty

March 5, 2020

What is “home grown” school feeding? It’s not only transforming the lives of students, but entire communities.

Shrity: The Dreamer, The Teacher

March 3, 2020

Standing in a doorway to the alley, Shrity brushes her teeth before sitting on the bed she shares with three other people. Here, she finishes her homework and eats a quick meal of rice and lentils before walking the littered streets to school.

Students lined up, seen from the waist down, holding bowls and cups in their hands

Well-Fed Schoolchildren Are Key to Fueling Africa’s Economic Growth and Development

March 3, 2020

Preliminary results of a Harvard University analysis show that globally, every dollar spent on a school meals program can bring returns of as much as $20.

Six Hunger-Fighting Achievements From Last Year That Make Us Hopeful for the Year to Come

January 13, 2020

What does it take to operate the world’s largest hunger relief effort? 75,000 shipping containers, 17,000 employees, 5,600 trucks, 92 aircraft and 20 ships. This is how we #endhunger.