BUDAPEST – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will today sign the Crisis Connectivity Charter, joining forces with a global network working to strengthen telecommunications services for humanitarian responders, ensuring seamless collaboration in emergencies and enabling faster disaster responses.
Acute malnutrition level among children exceeds emergency threshold.
11 September 2019, JUBA – In spite of a slight improvement in the food security situation since June 2019, more than half the population of South Sudan – some 6.35 million people – do not know where their next meal will come from, three United Nations agencies warned today.
AMMAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Jordan has received a significant boost from the UK government, with a three-year funding agreement worth £32 million (US$39.3 million).
5 September 2019, Rome – Favourable rains in Syria’s agricultural areas, coupled with improved overall security, have boosted harvests compared to last year, but higher food prices are putting more strain on many Syrians, a new United Nations report has found.
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Thanks to the expansion of a home-grown school feeding programme supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), 43,000 Haitian school children will receive hot meals prepared daily with fresh ingredients bought directly from local small-scale farmers. The initiative will kick off in the new school year (2019-2020) which starts on 9 September.
KHARTOUM- The Government of Sudan and development partners including the World Food Programme (WFP) officially extended until 2021 an agreement that supports the development of a national law making salt iodization mandatory. The fourteen-party Universal Salt Iodization Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) includes a number of ministries.
DHAKA – Representatives from government ministries, development partners, academia, thinktanks and UN agencies, are gathering in Dhaka today to discuss the role social safety nets play in addressing climate change, building community resilience and helping Bangladesh achieve the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
BENI/ROME – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will travel to the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo tomorrow to highlight efforts being made by the international community to combat the deadly virus. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is part of the emergency response, providing food to Ebola survivors and people potentially carrying the virus. WFP also provides critical logistical services and operational support to partners of the medical response teams.
KABUL – Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU) provided crucial support to WFP’s operation in Afghanistan, reaching nearly 150,000 people hit by devastating flash floods earlier this year. Several weeks of torrential spring rains wreaked havoc across two thirds of the country, affecting tens of thousands of people and their livelihoods.
SAN RAFAEL DEL NORTE, Jinotega, Nicaragua – The Republic of Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), contributed US$3 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide daily hot meals to school children in the department of Jinotega and in the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean coast.
HAVANA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed today a cooperation agreement, worth more than US$272,000, to continue supporting the response and recovery efforts initiated by the Cuban authorities following a tornado that hit Havana last January.
DHAKA– More than 100 participants from the Government, NGOs and UN agencies gathered in Dhaka for the past three days to build their organizations’ disaster preparedness in one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.
MANAGUA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a contribution of 250 metric tons of dates (worth US$624,000) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to complement the meals received by children in schools run by the Ministry of Education of Nicaragua.
Beira - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today launched a joint voucher programme in Dondo district in Sofala province to address the essential food, hygiene, and household needs of vulnerable families affected by Cyclone Idai, which left a trail of devastation across Mozambique in March 2019.
KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a top-up contribution of €7 million, following the €6 million provided to WFP in 2018. Funding will support emergency operations in Sudan from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO).
DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a new contribution of EUR 8 million from the European Union (EU). The funds will enable WFP to continue its lifesaving food assistance operations in Syria.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes important, positive steps taken by the Sana’a-based authorities on safeguards to ensure humanitarian food assistance reaches the most vulnerable children, women and men in areas of Yemen under their control.
ROME – The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, will visit Burkina Faso on 12-14 August. The country is dealing with an unfolding humanitarian crisis resulting from a sharp increase in armed violence.
Monaragala – The Government of Sri Lanka, together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), today launched a three-year, LKR 106 billion (US$ 6 million) project to build resilience of communities against the impact of natural disasters.
BUJUMBURA – The Government of Japan has contributed US$1 million to help prevent chronic malnutrition and support vulnerable families with pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under two years in Burundi’s northern province of Kirundo.
MBABANE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the Japanese Government contribution of US$ 500,000 that will enable WFP to provide food assistance to some 55,000 vulnerable children in Eswatini.
ROME-LONDON – Humanitarian agencies are setting up innovative climate risk insurance policies to protect up to 1.3 million people in West Africa from catastrophic drought. The countries benefitting include Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and the Gambia.
LILONGWE - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi is deeply concerned about the worsening food situation for approximately 40,000 refugees and asylum-seekers following a cut in the amount of food assistance they receive. WFP urgently requires US$1.7 million to resume full rations from August to December 2019.
KAMPALA – Irish Aid today committed critical funding to enable the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist nearly 150,000 school children in Karamoja and over 1 million refugees in 13 refugee settlements across the country.
ALGIERS – The Government of Germany has contributed €1 million (US$1.1 million) to cover the basic food needs of Sahrawi refugees the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting in Algeria.