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ROME—A helicopter pilot delivers desperately needed relief items to a community stranded by floods. A food assistance monitor travels to a remote village to ensure children at a local school get the nutrition they need. A food security analyst uses cutting-edge mapping technology to gauge the effects of a recent drought.

Humanitarian workers at WFP have dozens of different job titles, but all share a commitment to helping hungry people around the world.

Millions of people benefit from their work, from children getting an education they might not otherwise receive to families rebuilding their lives in the wake of disaster.

Here are four examples of humanitarian workers making a difference on the front lines of hunger.

Sungval Tunsiri, Programme Officer

Sungval is deputy head of programming in Afghanistan, which means she works out the plans for what food should be distributed where. She's had several close calls over the course of her eventful career at WFP from a case of hypothermia in DPR Korea to an emergency landing in Afghanistan aboard a plane with a broken windshield. Read more

Ndeley Agbaw, Procurement Officer

Ndeley coordinates food procurement for WFP operations in the 19 countries of West Africa where WFP works. As well as sourcing food from the regional office in Dakar, this also involves supporting the organisation's country offices as they buy food locally. In the course of his work, Ndeley spends a lot of time training staff and liaising with local authorities and traders. Read more

Hector Roca, Food Security Analyst

Hector is an assistant in the VAM (Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping) unit of WFP’s Guatemala office. His job is to carry out food security and nutrition assessments and to produce maps displaying this information. He also helps with managing information databases. He says seeing the impact of WFP's work in his country fuels his committment to. Read more

Anwar Gul, Programme Officer