Publications

Ahead of the March-May 2021 rainy season, forecasts indicated below-average rainfall was highly likely in the Somali region in Somalia. WFP and its partners implemented two anticipatory actions, anticipatory cash and early warning information.

On 16 December 2021, Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines, severely affecting 12 million people. As one of the Philippine Government’s key partners in emergencies, WFP was among the first to respond

Under the Myanmar Community Resilience Project (MCRP), the World Bank will be supporting World Food Programme’s (WFP’s) proposed interventions within the scope of its life-saving food and nutrition assistance to conflict-affected populations in Myanmar. The objective of the MCRP is to maintain and build resilience of vulnerable populations to enable their future development.

The objective of the Myanmar Community Resilience Project (MCRP) is to maintain and build resilience of vulnerable populations to enable their future development. This Stakeholder Engagement Plan has been prepared to comply with the World Bank Environmental and Social Standard 10 on Stakeholder Engagement and covers the interventions supported by the Project that will be implemented by WFP.

This document sets out material measures and actions to be carried out for the Myanmar Community Resilience Project, including, as applicable, the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements, and grievance management.

This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared to identify the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of proposed Project activities and propose suitable mitigation measures to manage these risks and impacts.

This third edition of the WFP Eastern Africa Regional Achievements celebrates our work and our impact, highlighting WFPs capacities in a wide range of areas, including emergency preparedness and response, food system, gender, nutrition, school-based programming, social protection, supply chain, innovation and digitalization, staff wellness, environment and knowledge management and evidence generation.

WFP works with some of the most vulnerable families in Myanmar to ensure they can access life-saving food assistance. In Rakhine State and Southeast Myanmar we support families who have been displaced by conflict and help them to build new lives.

As an immediate response in the aftermath of the Beirut blast, WFP allocated food parcels to families and communal kitchens in the blast-stricken area and brought into Lebanon 12,500 metric tons of wheat flour to support food security after the explosion. In agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Trade, the wheat flour served to increase the weight of the standard bag of bread from 900 to 1,000 grams, meaning that all Lebanese families received two extra loaves in the staple bag of pita bread for the same price for 2 months.
Following the immediate response, WFP provided multipurpose cash assistance to 89,000 vulnerable people affected by the explosion for a period of six months to support their food and other basic needs.

This second edition of the WFP Eastern Africa Regional eBook highlights and celebrates WFP work in Eastern Africa and demonstrates WFP capacities in various areas including: emergency preparedness and response, food system, nutrition, school-based programming, social protection, supply chain, and food security analysis.

A brief on the potential impacts and implications of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerability and social protection responses in both rural and urban contexts in East Africa.

This brief considers some of the potential impacts and implications of the coronavirus pandemic on building the resilience of households to climate-related shocks and stresses in East Africa.

This brief considers some of the potential impacts and implications of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerability and social protection responses to displacement in East Africa.

An overview of WFP’s role as the world’s leading humanitarian organization both saving and changing lives.

The Year in Review describes WFP’s actions and achievements in serving people’s emergency, recovery and development needs in 2018. It covers WFP’s provision of vital, common platforms and services for the humanitarian and development community.