News releases

YEREVAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 1 million contribution from the Government of Switzerland to improve resilience and provide a long-term economic support to the border communities of Armenia. Through the aid approved by the Swiss Development Agency (SDC), WFP will directly target 3,000 people from 15 borderline settlements․

BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed a US$1.1 million contribution from the Government of Switzerland that will help WFP provide monthly food assistance to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs), Syrian refugees living in Iraq as well as strengthen people’s resilience.

DUSHANBE – Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), contributed US$1.1 million towards the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) COVID-19 response in Tajikistan.

BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a donation of US$522,500 from the Government of Switzerland to support the food needs of nearly 24,000 refugees and internally displaced people for one month.

ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of CHF 1.8 million (US$ 1.9 million) from the Government of Switzerland that will help cover the basic food needs of thousands of Sahrawi refugee families and support WFP’s school feeding programme.

ALGIERS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of CHF 2 million (US$1.96 million) from Switzerland that will help fund WFP’s school feeding programme in refugee camps in Algeria as well as cover the basic food needs of tens of thousands of refugee families.