DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have officially launched the second phase of the ROK–WFP REACH initiative, providing USD 5 million in life-saving food and nutrition assistance to approximately 38,000 of the most vulnerable people across Syria over the next 12 months.
DAKAR, Senegal – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the recognition of the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship, recognizing the large-scale efforts to restore degraded land and strengthen food security across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
JUBA, South Sudan –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed a timely contribution of JPY 350 million (approximately USD 2.2 million) from the Government of Japan to support lifesaving nutrition assistance for vulnerable women and children in South Sudan.
Statement attributable to Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) following remarks delivered during the United Nations Security Council open debate: Food Under Fire: The Security Council’s Role in Mitigating Global and Local Food Crises.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its development arm EIB Global, is providing a grant of up to €4 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the development and rollout of tailored climate-risk insurance products for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. It is the first climate-risk insurance project backed by the EIB. This was announced at the ongoing United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 17 in Mongolia.
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed and exchanged an international agreement with the Government of Japan for a grant of JPY 500 million (or approximately USD 3.1 million) to deliver lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to Palestinians facing severe food insecurity.
YANGON, Myanmar – The Republic of Korea today announced an additional USD5 million in funding to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Myanmar. The contribution comes at a critical time, as WFP analysis warns that up to 5 million people could be pushed into acute food insecurity if the ongoing elevated food and fuel prices persist.
BOGOTA, Colombia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up emergency operations in Colombia, reaching survivors in some of the country’s most affected and vulnerable regions with critical food assistance following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck on 10 August.
CAIRO, Egypt – The Locarno Film Festival announced that Khufu, the winning film of the first edition of the “Eish” Short Film Competition launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Zest and El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) in Egypt, has won the Pardino d’Argento (Silver Leopard) Arts3 Foundation award for the International Pardi di Domani Competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
JUBA, South Sudan – More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing further access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
YANGON, Myanmar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.
LILONGWE, Malawi - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Japan for a contribution of JPY 300 million (USD 1.9 million) to provide critical food assistance for 170,000 food-insecure people during Malawi’s October to March lean season, when food stocks are low and families struggle to meet their daily food needs.
YAOUNDE – 12 August 2026 – The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (approximately USD 1.25 million or XAF 708,000,000) to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in providing emergency food assistance to more than 13,000 refugees and internally displaced people affected by food insecurity in Cameroon.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-WFP REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing life-saving food and nutrition programmes to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most. Without urgent support, WFP and its partners will be unable to prevent more children from becoming dangerously malnourished, putting lives at risk in the coming months.
Rome, Italy | Tuesday, 4 August – CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center , and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), today signed a landmark global agreement to strengthen the world’s ability to feed people in a crisis while building more resilient agricultural systems for the future.
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Government of Lebanon and the UN, with generous funding from the European Union, launched today an intervention to assist conflict-affected farming households and protect agricultural livelihoods across the country. This support is part of a larger multi-year programme funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, WFP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently scaling up food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Ebola has evolved from a localized health emergency into the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
YAOUNDÉ, 29 July 2026 – The Government of Cameroon, through the Ministry of Basic Education (MINEDUB), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a EUR 3.6 million contribution agreement under the Cameroon Basic Education Support Project (CAMBESP) to expand home-grown school feeding in the Adamawa, East and Far North regions.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The Government of Nepal and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched two reports that highlight the remarkable progress made in strengthening food security, nutrition, education, climate resilience and social protection through strong national leadership and partnerships.
TEHRAN, Iran – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a EUR 3.08 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support vulnerable refugees and conflict-affected people in Iran, helping sustain life-saving assistance over 12 months.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that food assistance for more than 130,000 refugees in Burundi - most of them fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – risks drawing down unless urgent funding is received.
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) activated anticipatory action and shock-responsive social protection last week for communities facing severe flooding in Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, reaching 75,000 people with cash assistance before flood risks intensify. The support is designed to help families meet immediate needs, protect livelihoods and avoid deeper crisis as rains continue.
