Natural catastrophes and political upheaval defined 2011, as parts of East Africa and South Asia buckled under the worst climate disasters in decades and unprecedented anti-government protests in the Arab world deepened poverty and sparked massive human migrations.
2009 proved to be another challenging year for WFP. Just as the number of hungry people worldwide grew to more than 1 billion - the highest number on record - the Programme also faced shrinking humanitarian safe space to reach people, with unprecedented attacks on WFP staff and other humanitarian workers.
2008 was one of the most challenging — yet most rewarding — in WFP’s history. Faced with the triple threat of the food, fuel and financial crises, this extraordinary organization showed once again that nothing gets between WFP and a hungry child.