World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Conflict in Syria has forced millions of people to flee their homes, creating a humanitarian crisis in which food is a top priority. WFP aims to bring food assistance to up to 7 million Syrians between now and the end of the year. These include 4 million people inside Syria - on both sides of the front lines – and 2.7 million refugees in neighbouring countries.

Check out this interactive map to see where WFP is distributing food to Syrian families displaced by fighting.

• Enough food for 2,500 people has been dispatched to Al-Qusayr near Homs, where recent fighting has left families trapped.
• WFP reached 2.4 million people inside Syria with food in May and is scaling up to feed 3 million in July.
• We are ramping up logistics and operational capacity to feed 4 million people by October.
• Working with UNICEF, WFP is providing specialized products to prevent and treat malnutrition among children in Syria.
• WFP's operation for Syrian refugees is currently providing food to around 800,000 refugees in 5 countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq and Turkey)
• Assistance to refugees is mostly through food vouchers. This allows families to choose their food and also helps the local economy.
• Since the beginning of the crisis, WFP has distributed more than 1 million food vouchers and half a million food parcel to refugees.
• We are also providing snacks to school children in refugee camps in Iraq and Jordan.
• WFP needs US$26 million every week to support its operations for Syrians inside and outside their country.
• WFP, as the lead agency of the ‘Logistics Cluster’, provides and coordinates logistics services for the humanitarian community.

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