News

News Releases

Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
Subscribe

15 April 2013

Japan Assistance Sustains WFP Typhoon Pablo Operations

DAVAO CITY – As the Philippine Government scales up its early recovery efforts for communities affected by Typhoon Pablo (international name “Bopha”), support from the Government of Japan – through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – will help sustain the Philippine Government’s on-going Typhoon Pablo operations.   

Disaster Risk Reduction
15 April 2013

USA Strengthens WFP Disaster Risk Reduction Programme In Indonesia

JAKARTA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$1.25 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) to support WFP’s Disaster Risk Reduction Programme (DRR) in Indonesia.

Hunger in the news
15 April 2013

Japan Donates US$25 Million To Support WFP In Yemen, Enough To Feed More Than One Million

SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed today a US$25 million donation from the Government of Japan, which will provide enough funds to deliver vital food and nutritional assistance to more than one million people in Yemen for six months.

Statement
15 April 2013

Appeal By Heads Of Leading UN Humanitarian Agencies For The People Of Syria

After more than two years of conflict in Syria, the heads of five UN agencies appeal to political leaders to find a peaceful solution before hundreds of thousands more people lose their homes and lives.

Hunger in the news
11 April 2013

WFP Statement On U.S. Food Aid Reform Proposal

From WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin

ROME – WFP views the recently released food assistance reform proposal by the Administration as a positive sign of the United States’ steadfast commitment to supporting efforts to eliminate hunger.  The U.S. is WFP’s largest donor, and combating global hunger is an issue that has received strong bi-partisan support in Washington for more than half a century.

Hunger in the news
11 April 2013

WFP Celebrity Partner Sami Yusuf Visits Zaatari Camp For Syrian Refugees In Jordan

Link to high resolution pictures:  http://goo.gl/1aCZo

AMMAN – The internationally acclaimed British singer and composer Sami Yusuf visited Zaatari camp in Jordan yesterday where he saw at first hand the plight of refugees who fled the conflict in Syria.

Hunger in the news
8 April 2013

Groupon Australia Joins Forces With The World Food Programme To Fight Child Hunger And Support Girls’ Empowerment In The Philippines

SYDNEY – Groupon, the global pioneer in group buying and leader in social e-commerce, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, have combined forces to support the empowerment of girls in Asia through school meals programmes.

8 April 2013

WFP Signs Agreements With The Government Of Yemen To Deliver Aid To Millions Of Yemenis

SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme signed two agreements with Yemen’s Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation today to provide food and nutritional assistance to more than five million people in the country.

Responding to Emergencies
4 April 2013

Life-Saving Food Assistance Reaches Conflict-Hit People Of Sudan’s Blue Nile State

KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme has started providing urgently-needed food assistance to the conflict-affected people in Blue Nile state. This is the first time that the agency has distributed food assistance since the conflict broke out in September 2011, forcing thousands to flee their homes, many of them crossing into neighbouring Ethiopia and South Sudan. 

Responding to Emergencies
4 April 2013

WFP Starts School Feeding For Syrian Refugee Children In Jordan And Iraq

AMMAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched school feeding projects for more than 10,500 Syrian children attending schools in refugee camps in Jordan and Iraq to boost nutrition and encourage children to come to school.

Video

Fighting Hunger Worldwide