DAKAR – Torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic floods in West and Central Africa, affecting over four million people in 14 countries – the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warns. The worrying spike in humanitarian needs comes amid a regional hunger crisis already affecting 55 million people – four times more people than five years ago.
ABUJA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on the ground in Borno State providing emergency food assistance to communities affected by massive flooding that has displaced over 230,000 people in northeast Nigeria. WFP’s is working to provide hot meals to 50,000 of the worst affected children, women, and men who have lost their homes in what has been described as the worst flooding in northeast Nigeria in 30 years.
KINGSTON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with Jamaica's Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), is launching a cash assistance programme to extend support to those most affected by Hurricane Beryl.
HARARE – The Word Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Republic of Korea to meet the nutrition needs of 22,000 people adversely impacted by the El Niño-induced drought, which has exacerbated food insecurity across Zimbabwe.
NEW DELHI: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Assistant Executive Director Valerie Guarnieri visited India the last week of August to meet senior government officials and strengthen partnerships to enhance national and state government programmes that tackle hunger and malnutrition.
KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan welcomes a contribution of EUR 25 million (over US$26 million) from the European Union (EU). This funding will enable WFP to continue providing lifesaving support to some of the most vulnerable families through food or cash assistance. It will also help ensure that pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, as well as children under five, continue to receive specialized nutritious food. Furthermore, the funding will help WFP keep the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) up and running.
Lusaka - The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$ 2 million from the Government of Japan to support 42,000 drought-affected people in Zambia to meet their essential food security and nutrition needs.
VIENTIANE – In a significant milestone to improve the health and education of children in Lao PDR, the Government of Laos has proudly announced its membership in the School Meals Coalition - a global alliance co-chaired by Finland, France and Brazil, coordinated by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and dedicated to enhancing child nutrition, education, and well-being through comprehensive school meal programmes.
N’DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to support the Chadian Government’s emergency response for crisis-affected people in eastern Chad.
FREETOWN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a JPY 200 million (approx. US$ 1.36 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to support 28,800 primary school children in Pujehun district during the 2024-2025 school year.
DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its response to the severe flooding emergency in Bangladesh, which has affected over 5 million people across the southeastern and northeastern regions, particularly in the Chattogram and Sylhet Divisions.
ABUJA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 1 million contribution by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to severely food-insecure people in northwest Nigeria.
PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme is working around the clock to deliver food assistance to communities across Sudan facing acute hunger. The food agency’s priority is providing vital aid across 14 areas in Sudan to people who are either facing famine or at risk of slipping into famine after 500 days of relentless conflict.
ROME – The World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it is pausing the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice after a WFP team came under fire on the evening of 27 August, a few metres from an Israeli check point at the Wadi Gaza bridge.
Windhoek, Namibia — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Capricorn Foundation and the University of Namibia (UNAM), recently conducted a three-day transformative hands-on training on value addition in the Hardap Region of Namibia.
CAIRO – Ten months into the war, Palestinians in Gaza are crowded into an ever-shrinking space without adequate sanitation or healthcare and are repeatedly uprooted by evacuation orders that also disrupt the aid centres intended to support them, including the food distributions and community kitchens supported by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
YANGON – The United Nations World Food Programme last weekend began distributing relief food assistance for families affected by recent floods in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta Region.
LUANDA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution of US$900,000 through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) for its refugee response operation.
HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$ 1.4 million (JPY 200,000,000) from the Government of Japan. This funding will allow WFP to support approximately 26,000 people affected by the ongoing El Niño-induced drought in Zimbabwe.
ROME – The first WFP food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.
KYIV– Nearly half a million pensioners living in frontline regions received cash assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) through a joint programme with the Ministry of Social Policy and the Pension Fund of Ukraine.
Diseases, high food insecurity, and limited access to safe drinking water are driving up acute malnutrition among vulnerable children
ADEN, Yemen, 18 August 2024 – Acute malnutrition is rapidly increasing in Government of Yemen (GoY)-controlled areas, with the West Coast experiencing “extremely critical” levels for the first time, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Working Group in Yemen said today.
This is a summary of what was said by WFP Sudan’s Spokesperson Leni Kinzli, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing In Geneva today.
KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan welcomes a contribution of US$280 million from the USA through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This funding will allow WFP to support more than 3 million hungry people with life-saving food assistance and treat more than 900,000 malnourished children and women. Further, the funding will help WFP keep the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) operational.
Maseru– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a JPY 200 million (US$ 1.27 Million) contribution by the Government of Japan to strengthen food assistance support to 50,000 pre-primary school children through the Government of Lesotho’s national school feeding programme.
