BANGUI – The Government of the Central African Republic (C.A.R) in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has announced a nationwide expansion of the homegrown school meals programme targeting 400,000 children across the country. The plan was announced on Friday last week by President Faustin Archange Touadera during the commemoration of Africa Day of School Feeding at Sainte Philomene primary school in Bimbo, near C.A.R’s capital, Bangui.
KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan welcomes a US$1 million contribution from the Russian Federation, through its Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM). This funding will allow WFP to buy 1,000 metric tons of food to support 21,000 Afghan families - nearly 150,000 people - with lifesaving food assistance.
Rarotonga, Cook Islands: The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking a major advancement in disaster risk financing initiatives for the Pacific region. The MoU was signed by PCRIC's CEO, Aholotu Palu, and the WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Skau.
GOMA – The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s conflict-driven hunger crisis is worsening as violence in the eastern provinces surges, forcing families to flee again. While more and more people arrive in already overcrowded camps, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is struggling to feed those most in need, because humanitarian funding fails to keep pace.
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Amid a deepening security crisis, hunger has reached unprecedented levels in Haiti, a new assessment reveals. Nearly five million people - almost half of the country’s population – are now facing acute food insecurity and struggling to feed themselves, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today.
KATHMANDU – The Government of Nepal, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) attended a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of a new Humanitarian Staging Area in the Gandaki Province.
Thank you, Mr. President, thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the rapidly worsening food security situation in Sudan and the profound regional implications of this crisis.
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have today launched an action plan to work together in fragile contexts — countries simultaneously affected by economic shocks, and extreme weather, in combination with little or no institutional and government capacity to help people cope. The UN agencies seek to leverage the strengths and expertise of each organization to enhance resilience in fragile environments and improve food security for those who need it most.
ROME – Famine is imminent in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and the entire population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, according to the new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today.
Bishkek – The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcome a generous contribution of US$ 3.5 million from the Government of Japan to foster self-reliance among the Kyrgyz Republic’s most vulnerable people by creating community assets and strengthening capacities through various projects.
This is a summary of what was said by Antonella d'Aprile, WFP Country Director in Mozambique to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Geneva – This week marks five years since Cyclone Idai struck, affecting more than 2 million people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. In fact, on March 12 in the night, Tropical Storm Filippo entered southern Mozambique, Inhassoro district in Inhambane province, with a very strong winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour. It exited back into the Mozambique channel on March 13th through Gaza province. So, considering that the region, and the provinces are already affected by El Nino phenomenon, water levels in some basins remained low.
ROME – The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is rapidly deteriorating. Conflict is intensifying and humanitarian access is increasingly restricted, while funding is falling short. More than 2.7 million people are displaced and one in every four is at risk of acute food insecurity.
N’DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today warning that life-saving programmes in Chad will grind to a halt in a matter of weeks without urgent funding. The stark warning comes as thousands of Sudanese refugees continue to stream across the border from Darfur, and as the rainy season looms, threatening to cut off road access for humanitarian deliveries to the camps in the east of the country – where around a million Sudanese refugees have sought shelter.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new $7 million award to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support vulnerable households in response to rising food insecurity in Tajikistan.
PORT-AU-PRINCE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today warning that Haiti is on the edge of a devastating hunger crisis, with humanitarian operations at risk of grinding to a halt, as rampant insecurity limits access to communities and donor funding dries up.
ARUSHA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today opened an office in Arusha, North-Western Tanzania, to further support Governments efforts in delivering equitable inclusive economic growth through sustainable development.
CAIRO – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins this year amidst a persistent food security crisis throughout the Middle East and North Africa driven by conflict, economic challenges, and climate change, a toxic combination pushing millions to the edge, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.
ISLAMABAD - On 7 March, the Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mark the launch of a stipend programme for adolescent girls in the Merged Districts (MDs) of KP. The event, held at Marriot Hotel, was at the invitation of the Secretary, Education Department, Masood Ahmed and the Representative and Country Director of WFP Pakistan, Coco Ushiyama.
Rome, 07 March 2024 - Investing in gender equality and women’s empowerment is not only more urgent than ever but also an incredibly smart investment to generate economic growth, food security, income opportunities and better lives, particularly in rural areas where most of the world’s poorest live. That will be the message tomorrow on International Women’s Day from leaders at the Rome-based United Nations agriculture and food agencies event - Invest in Women: accelerate progress.
KINSHASA – Ahead of International Women’s Day, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) chief Cindy McCain issued an appeal to the international community for urgent resources and support to respond to the deepening hunger crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where women are bearing a disproportionate burden of this humanitarian emergency.
JUBA – Sudan’s war has shattered millions of lives and created the world’s largest displacement crisis. Now this catastrophe also risks becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain warns today as she concludes a visit to South Sudan, where she met families fleeing violence and an escalating hunger emergency in Sudan.
BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a generous contribution of €1.5 million from the Italian Cooperation to support the school meals programme in Lebanon that provides nutritious meals and snacks for over 100,000 boys and girls in 185 public schools across the country.
ROME – Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to Northern Gaza resumed today but were largely unsuccessful.
Dhaka, Bangladesh – The World Food Programme (WFP) has received a new contribution of US$5.4 million from the Government of Japan. A handover ceremony was held in Dhaka earlier this week with the participation of H.E. Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh Kiminori Iwama, and WFP Bangladesh Country Director Dom Scalpelli.
BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a new contribution of AUD 4 million (USD 2.63 million) from the Government of Australia enabling WFP to provide critical food and cash assistance to vulnerable people in Lebanon.
