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News Releases
Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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School Meals
25 July 2013
WFP Works With The United States And Government Of Kenya To Strengthen The National School Meals Programme
NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today presented the Kenyan Ministry of Education with 60 motorbikes and a four-wheel-drive vehicle to strengthen the government’s expanding Home-Grown School Meals Programme (HGSMP).
Responding to Emergencies
23 July 2013
WFP Launches Operation To Reach Displaced People As Violence Flares In South Sudan
JUBA – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is launching an operation including the use of helicopters to bring urgently-needed food assistance to tens of thousands of people who have fled to hard-to-reach areas to escape violence in Pibor County, in the Republic of South Sudan’s Jonglei State.
Responding to Emergencies
23 July 2013
Ten Years Into The Darfur Conflict, New Waves Of Displacement Put Pressure On WFP To Feed More Vulnerable Families
KHARTOUM – New violence in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has prompted more than 250,000 people to flee their villages and abandon their livelihoods since the start of the year, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today.
Food For Assets
22 July 2013
WFP Chief Sees Successful Rural Development In Rwanda; Affirms Commitment To Sustainable Food Security
KIGALI -– The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, today concluded a three-day visit to Rwanda, the final stop on her three-nation visit to Africa, focused on sustainable local solutions for hunger and undernutrition.
ED - E.Cousin
19 July 2013
WFP Executive Director Calls On All Armed Groups In DRC To Permit Humanitarian Access
GOMA – At the end of a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin has called upon all armed groups to ensure that humanitarian agencies are able to safely assist all people in need, wherever they are in DRC.
18 July 2013
Hunger Costs Swaziland SZL 783 Million Per Year
MBABANE - Swaziland loses some SZL 783 million (US$92 million) annually - as much as 3.1 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - due to the effects of undernutrition. This is the alarming conclusion of a new study entitled The Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA), released in Swaziland today.
Hunger in the news
16 July 2013
USAID Provides Vital Food Assistance For Drought - Affected People In Djibouti
DJIBOUTI – The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Food for Peace has released the first tranche of its US$4 million contribution in 2013 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the Republic of Djibouti. This emergency assistance is destined primarily to assist rural populations who are experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity due to drought.
Hunger in the news
16 July 2013
EU Provides Further €17 Million To Help Sudan's Most Vulnerable In The Lean Season
KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed another generous contribution towards its operations in Sudan from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO).
Hunger in the news
15 July 2013
WFP And ECHO Start Cash Distributions To Somali Refugees In Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its first cash distributions to refugees in Ethiopia this month, with the financial support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO).
ED - E.Cousin
12 July 2013
WFP Executive Director Visits Africa To See Hunger Challenges And Solutions
[Editor’s note: after this press release was issued, the itinerary of Executive Director Cousin’s trip was revised. Her planned visit to Zimbabwe was postponed and her trip reduced to eight days, due to scheduling changes which required high-level meetings in Harare to be moved to a future date, yet to be determined.]
ROME – The UN World Food Programme’s Executive Director Ertharin Cousin is scheduled to depart tomorrow on a 10-day visit to four African countries. Her trip to Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda will focus on hunger challenges and on WFP-supported local solutions that are helping battle under nutrition and build sustainable food security.