World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

The Government of Ireland has confirmed a 200,000 Euros donation to WFP’s operation in DPR Korea

Thanks to the United Nations' Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), WFP is able to provide continued food assistance to communities affected by the floods in DPR Korea.

Often taken for granted, access to nutritious food during pregnancy can greatly impact a woman and her child's life -- as this young mother from DPRK tells our team.

Wheat flour, one of the ingredients necessary for a balanced, healthy diet, enables WFP to provide nutritional assistance to women and children in DPR Korea.

WFP is sending a first batch of emergency food aid to flood-hit areas in the south of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) where torrential rains have left 88 people dead and over 60,000 people homeless.

The recent dry spell on the Korean Peninsula has had a significant impact on annual early crop.  Recently released government data indicates that at just over 207,000 metric tons, it is 40 percent down on last year.  WFP DPRK Country Director Claudia von Roehl recently visited some farms in the affected area and this is what she saw. 

In June of this year, his Excellency Germán Ferrás Alvarez, Ambassador of Cuba in DPR Korea, welcomed the arrival of 844 tons of sugar donated by the Government of Cuba to DPR Korea and Nampo port.

WFP and UNICEF are working closely together to assist children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Australian aid officials recently went on a field mission to Wonsan, Hamhung and Nampo port to monitor Australian assistance to women and children through WFP in DPR Korea.

A Polish delegation participated in the monitoring of the arrival of food supplies in DPR Korea