PORT SUDAN - The UN World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Kassala State Government and Minister of Agriculture, celebrated the start of the sorghum harvest at an official event in Wad Al Hilu, Kassala on Tuesday that brought together local Government officials, community leaders, farmers, and WFP staff.
DAKAR, Senegal – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a regional innovation hub in Dakar to accelerate the development of sustainable, locally-led solutions in addressing hunger and malnutrition in West and Central Africa.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has scaled up its emergency response in Sri Lanka following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwa, thanks to a generous AUD 1.5 million contribution from the Government of Australia. This support is enabling WFP to deliver life-saving fortified food and provide cash assistance to families most affected by the disaster.
MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and veteran Filipino actor Joel Torre’s restaurant chain JT’s Manukan Grille officially launched “JT’s Meals for the Kids,” a partnership that seeks to support schoolchildren and food-insecure families in the Philippines.
COX’S BAZAR – On 3 December, the Government of Bangladesh, the Embassy of Ukraine, the Embassy of Sweden, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received 3,000 metric tonnes of sunflower oil contributed through the Grain from Ukraine initiative. Grain from Ukraine is a humanitarian food program launched by the Government of Ukraine to make Ukrainian food commodities available for WFP’s crisis response. The sunflower oil, worth US$7 million, was funded by the Government of Sweden.
KINGSTON / HAVANA / PORT-AU-PRINCE – One month after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than half million people with emergency food assistance and is pivoting toward recovery. WFP is working with governments and communities to lay the foundations for long-term resilience; introducing cash-based support where markets are functional, restoring livelihoods and repairing essential services.
Panama/Santiago de Chile – A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reveals the transformative potential of public food procurement from smallholder farmers to strengthen food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
LUSAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the appointment of Zambian international soccer player Patson Daka as a WFP Goodwill Ambassador. Daka will use his platform on and off the pitch to raise awareness and advocate for WFP’s work towards ending hunger, with a focus on youth, nutrition, resilience building and community development.
SEOUL/ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD 17 million core contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, strengthening WFP’s ability to provide lifesaving assistance worldwide.
CAIRO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will support delivering faster, more efficient, and better-coordinated humanitarian responses over the next two years across the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe (MENAEE), one of the world’s most crisis-prone regions.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – A three-day learning event on nutrition-sensitive social protection opens today in Islamabad, convened under the Global Task Force on Social Protection for Nutrition. The event is co-hosted by the Governments of Pakistan and Timor-Leste, with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) serving as Secretariat of the Global Task Force and facilitating collaboration among governments and partners.
N’DJAMENA, Chad – The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (US$1.3 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support emergency school meals in Chad. This contribution will allow WFP to assist 44,000 schoolchildren over a 24-month period, ensuring continuity of the school feeding programme in crisis-affected areas and helping protect children’s education and well-being.
DILI, Timor–Leste - The Government of Japan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed an agreement to strengthen Timor-Leste’s national school feeding programme in 2026.
BANGKOK, Thailand - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Siam Piwat, a leading retail and property development company today opened the “Steps for Tomorrow – A Journey Towards Zero Hunger” exhibition at the Siam Paragon mall, in Bangkok, to raise awareness about WFP’s work to tackle hunger across the Asia-Pacific region.
Dhaka — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today provided emergency food assistance to families affected by the devastating fire that swept through Karail slum on 25 November.
KAMPALA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of EUR 2 million from the Government of France to enhance food security for refugees and improve nutrition for women and children in Uganda.
BEIRUT, LEBANON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous, first-ever in-kind contribution of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea to support vulnerable families and schoolchildren across Lebanon.
ABUJA, Nigeria – Growing instability across northern Nigeria, including a surge in attacks, is driving hunger to levels never seen before, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. The warning follows the release of the latest Cadre Harmonisé, a regional food security analysis that classifies the severity of hunger, which found that nearly 35 million people are projected to face severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season, the highest number recorded in Nigeria.
MASERU– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 50,000 (approximately US$57,700) from the Government of Portugal to improve the diets of young children in school to address malnutrition in Lesotho.
BELEM/ROME – Even a 1°C rise in global temperatures could push an additional 70 million people into food insecurity across 45 countries where it operates, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today as COP30 concludes in the Amazon.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia –The Government of Cambodia together with the United Nations World Food Programme alongside other UN Partners have today launched a National Roadmap for Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL 2025–2028), a strategic plan to ensure inclusive, multi-hazard early warning systems reach every community.
LILONGWE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of USD 8.3 million from the Government of Norway to support the food needs of crisis-affected families and primary school children in Malawi. The contribution comes at a crucial moment as the country enters the peak of the lean season - the period between planting and harvesting when food availability is at its lowest and hunger peaks.
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ROME, Italy – The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
GULU, Uganda – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed a contribution of over 2,500 metric tons of rice, valued at USD 2.9 million, from the Republic of Korea during a handover ceremony at WFP’s logistics hub in Gulu, Northern Uganda. This contribution will support the food needs of 600,000 refugees in thirteen settlements and 200,000 school children in the food insecure Karamoja region for one year.
