News releases

DUSHANBE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan today inaugurated a bakery in Pani district, the eighth such bakery WFP has helped build with funding from Russia. A steady supply of bread made in these bakeries will be used in school meals for 11,000 primary schoolchildren across 300 schools in the country, helping to make sure that children are healthy, ready to learn, and stay in school.

DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria welcomes a generous donation of US$20 million from the Russian Federation to provide food assistance for up to 2.3 million Syrians – including nutritional support for mothers and children.

DUSHANBE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today held a ceremony to hand over to the Government of Tajikistan more than 180 tons of vegetable oil purchased with funds from the Russian Federation. This is the first batch of a total of 300 tons of vegetable oil to cover the needs of its National School Feeding Programme.

DUSHANBE – The Russian Federation has announced a contribution of US$11.2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to develop a sustainable school feeding programme in Tajikistan. These funds will be used to implement the third and final phase of the project conducted by Russia and WFP from 2020 to 2023. The project is focusing mainly on the renovation of school canteens, training staff at Tajik schools and promoting healthy diets.

HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$1.5 million from the Russia Federation to assist more than 100,000 people in Hwange, Nkayi and Zvishavane districts, who are among the worst affected by severe drought and food insecurity in the country.

VIENTIANE– Cooking oil and canned fish from Russia are arriving in Laos to support WFP’s resilience work for communities vulnerable to climate change. The food items, worth US$1 million, will be distributed to 27,500 people in the northern provinces whose lives have been affected by floods, droughts and pest outbreaks over the past two years.

DUSHANBE – The Government of Tajikistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the Russian Social and Industrial Foodservice Institute (SIFI) today launched the latest edition of the School Meals Recipe Book during an event in Dushanbe.

MOMBASA, KENYA – A contribution of 53 KAMAZ trucks and 10 trailers, donated by the government of the Russian Federation to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have been handed over today in the port city of Mombasa. These trucks will be stationed in WFP’s Regional Logistics Hub in Kampala, Uganda and will assist its distributions and deliveries throughout the East and Central African region.

Dubai: The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the Russian Federation’s donation of 97 KAMAZ trucks and 30 trailers, which will greatly enhance its transport capacity. Today’s handover marks another important milestone in the historic and long-lasting partnership between the Russian Federation and WFP in the area of logistics technology. This recent donation will help boost the operational performance of three of WFP Regional Fleet Hubs, namely in the UAE, Ghana and Uganda.

BISHKEK – The Kyrgyz Republic and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that social protection measures in the country will be amplified thanks to collaboration between WFP and the Government and with financial support from the Russian Federation.