ABUJA – A new assessment has found that a staggering 33 million people will face acute food insecurity in Nigeria in 2025, with the number of people facing emergency levels of need projected to almost double.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announces today that it has joined the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty as a founding member. The Global Alliance, an initiative of Brazil’s G20 Presidency, aims to accelerate action towards achieving of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 – no poverty – and 2 – zero hunger.
KYIV — As part of its efforts to support food production in Ukraine, and with funding from France, The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering US$870,000 worth of equipment to small bakeries located near the frontline.
BLANTYRE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Government of Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), welcomes 19,200 metric tons of maize through the “Grain from Ukraine” initiative to support 863,000 households experiencing acute food-insecurity households, due to the El Niño-induced drought in Malawi.
Tripoli, 4 November - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a donation of US$3.25 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance to support the urgent needs of refugees displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
ROME – As the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) convenes in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) underscores the critical role of climate change as a driver of hunger and calls on global leaders to prioritize urgent action for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a substantial new contribution from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to support its humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh.
JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next year’s operations in South Sudan so the food agency can preposition food to prevent spiralling operational costs and hunger through 2025.
SEOUL/ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$20 million core contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK), which will strengthen WFP’s ability to maximise the effectiveness of resources by acting early, ensuring continuity of operations in highly complex – and continuously shifting – environments, and more agile contextualised prioritisation so that more lives are saved and changed over time as we face increasing humanitarian needs worldwide and decreasing resources.
Yangon – The European Union (EU) has contributed an additional EUR 1.2 million (USD 1.3 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to strengthen its efforts to address food insecurity in Myanmar driven by ongoing armed conflict, climate change and rising inflation.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza could soon escalate into famine unless immediate action is taken. As winter approaches, the lack of food and other vital humanitarian supplies entering the Strip will likely lead to catastrophic consequences.
BAMAKO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in June, unusually heavy downpours have caused flooding in many regions forcing the government to declare a state of national catastrophe in August, while appealing for immediate support to 350,000 people affected.
JEDDAH – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$25 million contribution from Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to support its life-saving operations in Yemen over the next year.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes the latest efforts by the G7, to put food security and nutrition in conflict and in fragile settings at the centre of its development agenda.
PORT-AU-PRINCE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes new multi-year funding from the Government of Canada to enable WFP and the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) to provide healthy daily meals for up to 100,000 pre-school and primary school students in Haiti.
OUAGADOUGOU – Amidst a complex humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, a US$ 124 million contribution from USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA) in 2024 enabled the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to reach over one million crisis-affected people in Burkina Faso with lifesaving humanitarian assistance.
MATAM – The Government of Senegal and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched the distribution of fortified rice in schools to address micronutrient deficiencies, improve children’s health and wellbeing, and promote quality education.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes four awards totaling US $110 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support critical school meals programmes across Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Laos, and Rwanda. The funding will benefit nearly half a million children and their communities in more than 1,600 pre-primary and primary schools across the four countries.
ACCRA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$9.3 million contribution from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to enhance access to digital technology for youth, primarily in Northern Ghana, empowering them to build resilience in food systems, improve nutrition and livelihoods.
NEW DELHI/COLOMBO—Today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministries of Environment of India and Sri Lanka launched the ‘Adaptation for Resilience’ (ADAPT4R) project. The five-year initiative aims to improve food security and strengthen the livelihoods of farming communities facing climate-induced challenges in the two countries.
KABUL / BEIJING – Thanks to a contribution from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the organization was able to reach nearly 250,000 food-insecure people across Afghanistan in the past months.
LUSAKA – Germany, through its Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and channelled via the German Development Bank (KFW), has contributed EUR10 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help 30,000 households and 15,000 school children in six districts recover from the El Niño-induced drought.
JERUSALEM – The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial and humanitarian supply lines, the report said.
LUXEMBOURG - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new strategic partnership with the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxembourg’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
