Islamabad - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$ 9.8 million climate risk management initiative aimed at strengthening resilience to extreme climate in flood-prone districts in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, to be implemented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan.
MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with WFP’s Innovation Accelerator, launched the first in-country innovation competition in search of local solutions to tackle food insecurity in the Philippines.
COLOMBO – To strengthen Sri Lanka’s preparedness for climate-related emergencies, the U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), donated vital equipment to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) via the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
MAPUTO – In partnership with the Government of Mozambique, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is implementing a US$ 3.3 million project, funded by the Government of Norway, to strengthen climate change-adaptive food systems and expand school feeding programmes in the provinces of Inhambane and Gaza, southern Mozambique.
MUNICH: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a call for applications for its Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme, supported by the Adaptation Fund. The US $10 million initiative, part of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) partnership, will run for the next five years and invites applications from ventures with climate innovation solutions that are operational in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, or those that can be scaled in these countries, to apply for a grant by 4 August 2024. The grants, up to US$ 200,000 each, will support locally driven ventures that are affordable, inclusive and tailored to specific regional challenges.
KINGSTOWN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has kicked off distributions of emergency food assistance to people severely affected by Hurricane Beryl on the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
N’DJAMENA – The Government of Chad – with support from WFP, the World Bank and other partners - has launched its national emergency response plan to meet the immediate food and nutrition needs of one million of the most vulnerable people across eight provinces during the June-August lean season - when food is scarce and hunger peaks in between harvests.
Vientiane – Germany through its Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has signed an agreement with Lao PDR’s Ministry of Education and Sports to support the country's largest social safety net, the school meals programme. This initiative, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) aims to reduce rural poverty by supporting local agriculture in supplying food to schools. This support is part of the Accelerating School Meals project, a contribution of EUR 22 million from BMZ to WFP for a five-year (2023 – 2028) period to Lao PDR, Sierra Leone and the School Feeding Trust Fund.
DHAKA – In support of the government-led response to Cyclone Remal, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been assisting affected communities through its cash-for-work programme to bolster their recovery and rebuilding efforts.
DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh.
DILI– Starting today, the Government of Timor-Leste, supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), will provide food assistance to over 18,000 people affected by the impact of El Niño for the next three months. This initiative, led by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, the Civil Protection Authority and Inclusion, and other line ministries, will also distribute Super Cereal, a specialised nutritious food, to pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition.
LOME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$2 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to populations hardest hit by the spill-over of the Sahel conflict in northern Togo.
BRIDGETOWN – As the Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on standby to join regional and national response efforts. This first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to significantly impact multiple countries in the eastern Caribbean.
DAR ES SALAAM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of 120 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Government of the State of Qatar to complement WFP’s food assistance to nearly 200,000 Congolese and Burundian refugees in north-western Tanzania.
ANTANANARIVO – The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of 10,000 metric tons of rice from the Republic of Korea (valued at US$ 9.4 million) to boost its emergency humanitarian response to people affected by climate change in Madagascar.
HAVANA – Mongolia has contributed US$ 1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Cuba to support the food security and nutrition of pregnant women and vulnerable people registered for the Social Assistance programme in the provinces of Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.
Yangon - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the looting of food supplies and burning of its warehouse in Maungdaw in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State last Saturday.
June 20, 2024 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) have joined forces by signing an agreement to enhance agricultural development and investments in Armenia's food systems.
ROME – The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms the concerns of the World Food Programme (WFP) about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical importance of sustained access to all areas of Gaza.
VIENNA - The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced the establishment of the “OPEC Fund’s Food Security and Climate Adaptation Facility", a pioneering initiative to strengthen climate-resilient food systems and improve food security in the most vulnerable regions of the world.
NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$37 million from the United States Government to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to refugees in Kenya. This contribution will enable WFP to increase rations for vulnerable refugees and resume cash transfers in Dadaab and Kakuma until December 2024.
DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving food and nutrition assistance programme in West and Central Africa, targeting 7.3 million people during the ongoing June-August lean season – when food stocks run out and hunger peaks. The programme – which kicks off in June – supports national governments’ lean season response plans in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria.
