Jordan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$6 million from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to provide food assistance to Syrian refugee families living in camps in Jordan.
VIENTIANE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a new project for school children funded by the Government of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA).
CARACAS - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, concluded a two-day visit to Venezuela where he met President Nicolas Maduro and consolidated the expansion of the WFP’s footprint in the country to reach 1 million children in 2023.
NADI – A chartered flight bound for Tuvalu left Fiji today carrying 500kg of medical supplies as well as health experts to support the country’s response to its first wave of community transmission of COVID-19. The flight was chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) through its Pacific Humanitarian Air Service.
ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €5.8 million (US$ 6 million) humanitarian grant from the European Union (EU) to cover the basic food needs of Sahrawi refugees living in Tindouf in south-west Algeria.
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2022 - The European Union (EU), through its partnership with UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has granted €33 million (1.8 billion Ethiopian Birr) to restore education services and implement school feeding programmes so children living in conflict-affected areas in Ethiopia can get back to learning.
DUSHANBE – The Government of Tajikistan, the milling industry and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today held a national roundtable on the implementation of the national food fortification law and the next steps to further expand wheat flour fortification in the country.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Bank signed an agreement today to scale up disaster risk protection financed by Germany and the United Kingdom for vulnerable communities and nations faced with catastrophic climate extremes like storms and drought. As world leaders confront the global climate crisis at the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), this initiative underscores the importance of investment in climate action to protect vulnerable communities when disasters strike.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – The Partnership for Central America (PCA), the World Bank (WB), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched today the “Disaster Risk Insurance and Finance in Central America Consortium” (DRIFCA) to identify and support climate-related agricultural insurance solutions for up to 2 million smallholder farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to increase their food security and financial resilience. The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided support for regional feasibility studies to be undertaken by the World Bank.
LILONGWE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a total US$ 4.1 million contribution from the Government of Iceland and the Government of Norway to support thousands of people facing severe hunger at the peak of the lean season in Malawi.
KYIV – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its local partners have started distributing food assistance to 100,000 people in and around Kherson city in areas that had not been reached since March despite multiple attempts from WFP and other humanitarian agencies to secure access.
PANAMA – In the wake of the three devastating hurricanes Fiona, Ian and Julia that gathered strength in the Atlantic Ocean in September and October causing heavy rain, flooding and mudslides, WFP is providing emergency food to 800,000 people affected in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as logistical and technical support to governments and partners. Ahead of the hurricane season, WFP prepositioned food, equipment and staff across the region.
ROME - The world needs concerted efforts to urgently address the global fertilizer market crunch in which farmers, especially smallholder farmers from the developing world, are priced out of production due to the high cost of inputs. We cannot allow global fertilizer accessibility problems to become a global food shortage. Reconnecting fertilizer markets is critical.
This is a summary of what was said by Antonella D’Aprile, WFP’s Country Director in Mozambique – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
BENGHAZI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Libya has welcomed a contribution of 9,000,000 CZK (approx. US$ 355,000) from the Czech Republic to support the rehabilitation of the Food and Drug Control Centre (FDCC) laboratory in Benghazi. Through this project, WFP aims to provide the centre with advanced equipment and technical training to improve its capacity.
KABUL – A vital contribution of €50 million (US $49.7 million) from the European Union, made through its Department for International Partnerships (INTPA), is helping the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reach Afghan communities with livelihoods and resilience support.
CAIRO – Arab film star Hend Sabry lent her voice to a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) campaign highlighting the impact of the climate crisis on the most vulnerable communities in the Middle East and North Africa as world leaders convene in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh that hosts the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).
KABUL / LONDON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of GBP25 million (approximately US$28.8 million) from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The funds will go towards WFP’s emergency operations for 15 million Afghan people facing food insecurity this winter.
ROME – As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on the international community to invest in building the resilience of vulnerable communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Pakistan and other climate hotspots.
YAOUNDÉ – At the end of a week-long visit to Cameroon, Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan - Senior Special Adviser to the World Food Programme (WFP) on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition - noted that enhanced and collective actions are urgently needed to eliminate the barriers to gender equality and to make Cameroon a more equitable place for girls and boys, women and men.
The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016.
DAR ES SALAAM – The Government and the people of the Republic of Korea have contributed US$ 6 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to boost smallholder farming and enhance food and nutrition security among refugees and hosting communities in Kigoma for the next four years.
Bishkek – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive US$1 million from the Government of Japan to support thousands affected by the recent Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes.
PHNOM PENH – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Nutrition Improvement Department of the Ministry of Planning and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), is undertaking a socio-economic impact analysis on the introduction of fortified rice among the general population in Cambodia.
ROME/GENEVA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - in partnership with Translators Without Borders (TWB) – today launched PSEA at the Frontline, a global campaign to further empower frontline humanitarian workers and partners in the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). Through a comprehensive package of communication and outreach materials in 22 languages, the campaign is designed to equip those who work closely with communities around the world with knowledge and awareness to recognize, report, and ultimately help prevent SEA from occurring against people receiving assistance or seeking protection.
