News releases

Bissau – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Chinese Embassy in Guinea-Bissau and the Ministry of National Education have carried out the first distribution of take-home rations of rice to children with disabilities, marking an important step in the fight against malnutrition and school exclusion of children with disabilities in Guinea-Bissau.

BEIJING - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of China have signed agreements to provide food assistance to vulnerable people in Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Uganda. These contributions aim to alleviate food insecurity, which has been worsened by the socio-economic effects of COVID-19.

BISSAU - On Thursday 20 December 2018, the Government of Japan signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) worth JPY 240 million (XOF 1,264 million) to support the National school meals programme and contribute to the treatment of child malnutrition in Guinea-Bissau.

BISSAU – The Government of Guinea-Bissau, supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is today lanching a comprehensive study into the impact of child undernutrition on Guinea-Bissau’s social life and economic performance.