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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs - 30 July 2021

Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots – new report

ROME – Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today
Food Security

US $127 million from World Bank to shore up food security and rural livelihoods in Yemen - 29 July 2021

29 July 2021,Washington DC/New York/ Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have welcomed US$127 million in support, provided by the World Bank, for an interagency project to fight the spread of extreme hunger in Yemen. The project will provide rural families with opportunities to build sustainable household food security.
Funding Yemen Mexico

Malnutrition among children expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar as drought worsens, warn UNICEF and WFP

ANTANANARIVO, 26 July 2021 – At least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished including 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar, suffering irreversible damage to their growth and development. The number of acutely malnourished children is likely to increase fourfold since the previous assessment conducted in October 2020, warn UNICEF and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Droughts Nutrition Climate Madagascar

Statement by WFP Executive Director on Qatari funding for humanitarian operations in Yemen

WASHINGTON – I am deeply heartened by the announcement from Qatar that it will contribute US$100 million to humanitarian operations in Yemen, where conflict, COVID and economic decline are driving a grinding hunger crisis which is in danger of slipping into famine without adequate funding. This contribution reinforces the opportunity for regional peace and security.
Funding Partnerships Yemen Qatar

WFP and WHO launch innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities

Brindisi, Italy – Following the recent G20 side event co-hosted by the Italian Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) focusing on the role of logistics in current and future health emergencies, WFP and the World Health Organization (WHO) are launching INITIATE2, a joint project to bring together emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to promote knowledge sharing and skills transfer for improved emergency response to health crises.
Innovation and technology Health emergencies Partnerships Supply Chain

Germany provides support to vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe

HARARE – The Government of Germany, through the German Federal Foreign Office, has contributed EUR 3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe to support highly vulnerable communities struggling to meet their basic food needs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a EUR 18 million contribution by Germany to Southern Africa for 2021-2023.
Funding Health emergencies Food Security Zimbabwe Germany

New mobile app to improve market access for smallholder farmers

LUSAKA – This week, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Digital PayGo and Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) launched the Virtual Farmers Market mobile-based marketplace – known locally as Maano – that links smallholder farmers to buyers offering competitive prices for their produce, thereby increasing farmers’ earnings and income opportunities.
Smallholder Farmers Innovation and technology Zambia
WFP/Grant Lee Neuenburg, Woman and her baby standing in front of a tent in a resettlement camp, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger

Africa posting biggest jump. World at critical juncture, must act now for 2030 turnaround.

Rome – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped , a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year. The number suggests it will take a tremendous effort for the world to honour its pledge to end hunger by 2030.
Food Security Health emergencies

Central African Republic: 1 in 8 people face alarming food crisis as lean season approaches: UNICEF & WFP

BANGUI, 7 July 2021 – At least 80,000 children under the age of five are currently at risk of severe acute malnutrition across the Central African Republic (CAR) - a 29 per cent increase compared to projections for 2021 , UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) announced today. The UN agencies also warned that over 632,000 people - more than one in eight people – will fall into a catastrophic hunger situation between the first week of July and the end of the lean season without urgent action. Across the country, 40 per cent of children under five are already suffering from chronic malnutrition , a rate above the emergency threshold of 30 percent.

WFP and Australia ramp up support to millions of people battling COVID, conflict and climate change in Asia and the Pacific

The United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) humanitarian operations are getting a major boost with an AUD 34.7 million contribution from the Government of Australia. The funding will assist communities across the Indo-Pacific region affected by hunger as a result of conflict, COVID-19, or climate emergencies.
Funding Health emergencies Conflicts Climate Australia Afghanistan Myanmar Philippines Bangladesh Timor-Leste
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