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WFP Geneva Palais Briefing Note: WFP response to devastating fire in Rohingya refugee camp in COX's Bazaar

This is a summary of what was said by WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

GENEVA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working tirelessly to assist people in need following the devastating fire outbreak that tore through four settlements in the Kutupalong Mega Camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.
Refugees and migration Bangladesh
Photo: WFP/Oluwaseun Oluwamuyiwa, A woman preparing a meal for her family.

Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP: call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine

ROME – Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.
Emergencies Food Security Partnerships Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Afghanistan Haiti Sudan Zimbabwe Syrian Arab Republic

Funds from the United States enable WFP to meet growing needs of DRC refugees in Zambia

NCHELENGE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$610,000 (ZMW 13.5 million) from the U.S. government, which will help provide cash assistance to 16,500 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) residing in the WFP-supported Mantapala settlement.
Funding Refugees and migration Resilience Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia United States of America

WFP and Russian Federation inaugurate bakeries in support of school feeding in Tajikistan

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.
Partnerships School feeding Tajikistan Russian Federation

WFP, the Government of Liberia and Canada provide support to school children and their families

MONROVIA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing take-home rations to pre-primary and primary school children and their household members, totalling 5,000 beneficiaries. The rations comprising of rice, fortified vegetable oil, and pulses are intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the students and their families. This assistance was made possible thanks to a contribution of 200,000 CAD (US$ 150,000) by the Government of Canada to WFP in Liberia.
School feeding Canada Liberia

China supports WFP's lifesaving assistance to vulnerable people in four African countries

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.
Food Security Funding Health emergencies China Cameroon Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Uganda

WFP welcomes U.S. Government’s support in fighting hunger in Mozambique

MAPUTO – The United States Government is the largest donor of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Mozambique. Through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), $38.4 million was awarded to WFP in 2020 alone. $12.6 million of this supports the humanitarian response in northern Mozambique and has been crucial to maintain WFP operations and to support vulnerable populations impacted by ongoing crises in the region.
Funding Partnerships Mozambique United States of America

The Government of Japan contributes US$ 1 million to UN agencies to support vulnerable populations in Angola

As the consequences of COVID-19 become more tangible, WFP, WHO and UNICEF are working together to protect children and families in Angola from catastrophic levels of deprivation through strengthening essential services, including health, food security, nutrition, hygiene, and education.

LUANDA– The World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) welcome a contribution of US$ one million from the Government of Japan to support various interventions in Angola.
Food Security Health emergencies Nutrition Japan Angola

United States Government and the United Nations World Food Programme partner with the Government of United Republic of Tanzania to maintain food assistance for refugees in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM - Today, at the Tanzania Port Authority, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$8 million contribution from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contribution will help maintain critical food assistance to refugees living in Nduta, Mtendeli and Nyarugusu camps in north-western Tanzania.
Food Security Partnerships United Republic of Tanzania United States of America

WFP begins building a global coalition to support school feeding worldwide

This is a summary of what was said by WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

GENEVA –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun to convene a coalition of stakeholders to support governments to restore and boost access to school feeding for the most vulnerable children.
School feeding

Central African Republic: child malnutrition rates soar as violence rages

UNICEF and WFP warn that more than 1 in 3 health districts in the country are now on alert for a child malnutrition crisis due to recent violence

BANGUI – At least 24,000 children under five across 14 of the Central African Republic’s 35 health districts are at risk of severe acute malnutrition following the recent spike in violence across the country – UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. Out of these 14 districts, which are now on alert for a child malnutrition crisis, six currently have no resources or capacity to respond to children’s acute needs.
The two UN agencies also noted that violence and insecurity are exacerbating population displacement, hindering humanitarian access and causing food prices to rise.
Children in Qadissiya, southern Iraq receive a healthy meal of fresh bread, cheese, fruit and water on the days they attend school. Photo: WFP/Heyad Musa

On International School Meals Day, WFP and the Ministry of Education commit to expanding support to all schoolchildren

BAGHDAD – On International School Meals Day, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) renews its commitment to support the learning and nutrition needs of children in Iraq. Under the National School Feeding Programme, WFP in partnership with the Iraqi Ministry of Education is developing a new universal School Feeding policy to support all primary school children in the country.
Partnerships School feeding Iraq
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