SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of EUR 45 million from the European Union (EU) to address the hunger crisis in Yemen. With these resources, WFP will continue to provide emergency assistance and nutrition support in response to an alarming rise in food insecurity affecting millions of Yemenis.
CAIRO – Arab film star, Hend Sabry has visited a climate change adaptation programme run by the Government of Egypt and the World Food Programme (WFP) in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN agency.
CARACAS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) marks today the first anniversary of the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to establish its presence in the country.
KYIV – The United Nations World Food Programme today called for unimpeded access to families trapped in conflict areas and encircled cities in Ukraine, saying lack of access was the biggest obstacle to its life-saving operations in the war-torn country.
DAKAR – The UN World Food Programme (WFP)’s operational costs for 2022 will go up by US$ 136 million in West Africa alone due to the ripple effect of the conflict in Ukraine which is driving up global food and fuel prices. This, as acute hunger in the region has quadrupled in three years – reaching a 10-year high this year, with 43 million women, men and children expected to face acute food insecurity by June 2022.
Jaipur: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Rajasthan handed over free Tablets to women school Cook-Cum-Helpers (CCHs), marking the launch of a mobile learning application to strengthen the functioning of the PM-POSHAN Scheme formerly known as the Mid-Day Meal scheme.
NAIROBI – Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict, climate shocks, and Covid-19, combined with spiraling costs of food and fuel, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
ROME – France’s Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič met with David Beasley, Executive Director (ED) of the World Food Program (WFP), to discuss the dramatic consequences of the war in Ukraine on food security, especially for developing countries and the world’s most vulnerable countries.
• Proposed actions to help vulnerable countries include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries; facilitating unhindered trade; investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.
• Leaders call on the international community to support vulnerable countries through grants to cover urgent financing needs.
Washington, DC – April 13, 2022: The Heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and World Trade Organization (WTO) today called for urgent action on food security. World Bank Group President David Malpass, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, WFP Executive Director David Beasley and WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued the following joint statement ahead of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group next week:
Afghanistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a contribution of USD 500,000 from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to support its operations in Afghanistan. The agreement was signed by Dr. Hilal AL Sayer, President of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and Karin Manente, Director of the Public Partnerships and Resourcing Division at WFP.
Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40% of Somalis on the brink.|
Mogadishu - Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged drought continues to destroy lives and livelihoods, and growing needs outpace available resources for humanitarian assistance, United Nations agencies warned today
ROME – France’s Europe and Foreign affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Agriculture and Food Minister Julien Denormandie, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič, and UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley will meet in Rome on Tuesday to discuss plans to prevent a deterioration in food security around the world as a result of the war in Ukraine. In particular, the multilateral FARM (Food and agriculture resilience mission) initiative, laid out by the European Council, will be presented.
JUBA - Food insecurity is likely to rise by seven percent across South Sudan in the coming months, compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report on food security. UN organizations are renewing the call for more humanitarian and livelihoods assistance to stave off looming hunger and enhance resilience.
Dushanbe – A batch of food aid – 948.5 mt of fortified wheat flour – procured with funding from the Russian Federation, has arrived in Tajikistan. The food will be used to prepare hot meals for school children in rural areas as part of WFP-supported school feeding programme.
DAKAR – The number of women, men and children affected by a food and nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa is expected to reach a new record high in June 2022 - quadrupling in just three years from 10.7 million in 2019 to 41 million in 2022 - unless appropriate measures are urgently taken, reveals the Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released in March 2022.
DILI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US$ 1.5 million donation from the Government of Timor-Leste for the agency’s humanitarian response in Ukraine.
Lviv – The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed an additional contribution of US$14 million from the Government of Japan to provide humanitarian food assistance to people affected by the conflict in Ukraine. This brings the total contribution by Japan for the Ukraine crisis to US$ 28 million.
Kigali - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$2.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide nutrition assistance to refugees living in Mahama refugee camp in Eastern Rwanda.
DILI – Today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed US$ 1 million contribution from the UN SDG Fund. The funding will enable the three agencies to continue strengthening national food systems and implementing disaster risk reduction activities in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste.
CAIRO – As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, the soaring cost of food staples in import-dependent Middle Eastern and North African countries is creating ever greater challenges for millions of families already struggling to keep hunger at bay, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today.
LVIV – One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built systems able to deliver food at scale to communities in need. Trucks, trains and mini vans are today delivering food supplies to the most vulnerable people across the country and more convoys are expected in coming days.
Columbia, SC – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley has called on corporations, wealthy individuals, and the public to contribute more to steady a world rocked by war in Europe.
SUVA, Fiji: As supply chains remain disrupted across the Pacific region impacting the movement of critical supplies, on 25 March the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) - on behalf of WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, UN in Pacific and the Government of New Zealand - transported over 5000 kg of COVID-19 medical cargo, including oxygen concentrators and other vital supplies to Vanuatu.
KAMPALA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 3 million from the European Union (EU) to provide cash transfers for 780,000 refugees in Uganda. This funding is in addition to an earlier contribution of EUR 4.5 million.
As the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine approaches four million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) launch the Football for Ukraine Emergency Appeal’.
GENEVA, LONDON, ROME – Six leading footballers, three of whom are former refugees, are fronting a joint appeal with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), to raise funds to help refugees who have fled their homes and displaced people inside Ukraine.
