News releases

DILI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 120,000 contribution from the Government of Brazil to help restore the livelihoods of farming communities devastated by the cyclone that hit Timor-Leste in April. More than 31,000 households were affected, and some 2,660 hectares of irrigated land were destroyed by the storm.

BRASÍLIA – The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil is marking 10 years of operations with an online event on the role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the fight against hunger.

Fiji, SUVA: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today handed over a comprehensive set of emergency response equipment valued at USD 75,000 contributed by the Brazilian Government, to boost the emergency response capacities of Fiji’s National Disaster Management Office (NDMO).

Harare – On International day of South-South Cooperation (12 September), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) acknowledges the Global south’s important contribution to alleviate food insecurity and malnutrition in Zimbabwe. The Governments of Brazil, China, India and South Africa, have provided tangible transfer of information, resources and expertise to Zimbabwe over the past years, successfully administered through WFP, to support food security and nutrition in Zimbabwe.

Windhoek, Namibia -The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the African Group of Ambassadors and the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil recently launched an Integrated Community Based Food systems Project in the rural district of Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa Region.

LUSAKA – This week, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) procured and delivered personal protective equipment, funded by Brazil to the Ministry of Health in Zambia. The equipment, consisting of 1,315 white overalls and 11,505 disposable gowns will be used in Zambia’s efforts to fight COVID-19.

BRASILIA – Representatives from more than 40 countries will meet in Yerevan, Armenia, from 5 to 9 September to discuss how to design and implement powerful and durable national school meals programmes. They will attend the Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF), the largest school meals conference in the world. This year, the Forum will host delegates from the governments of 25 African countries, among them 10 ministers of state.

BRASILIA – Innovative financing for national-scale school feeding programmes will be the focus as some 250 representatives from over 40 countries gather on Sal Island, Cape Verde, for the XVII Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF), from 28 September to 2 October, 2015. The Forum offers technical assistance to developing countries in creating, developing, and expanding nutrition-based school feeding programmes linked to smallholder farming.

MOSCOW – Recognising a solid and growing relationship, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the government of the Russian Federation today signed an important strategic partnership agreement that will spearhead joint efforts on many fronts to end global hunger and malnutrition.

JOHANNESBURG – The World Food Programme’s Centre of Excellence against Hunger is launching a research initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to analyse Brazil’s success in linking smallholder farmers with government demand for farmed food.

16 September 2014, Rome - About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today.