Sarwar Mai and her family are among the millions of Pakistani flood victims receiving WFP food rations. In this gallery, we see her receive her food and take it home, where the fortified flour is rapidly turned into roti -- a sort of flat bread popular in Pakistan. The kids clearly love it!
Nutrition is a key consideration in all types of food assistance operations, from general food distributions to therapeutic feeding and school meals programmes. This gallery shows the main types of food we use in these different situations.
WFP gave a three-month supply of wheat flour and cooking oil to 260,000 people in Kyrgyzstan to tide them over the winter period. The next cycle will be in April/May, to help poor families get through the "lean season" before the fall harvest.
