Stories

Millions of people have received WFP's assistance, but access and other constraints mean it reaches only a fraction of the neediest

Communities living under constant shelling rely on World Food Programme food assistance to get through the bitter season

World Food Programme and its Haitian partners aim to use 100 percent local ingredients by 2030

Bottlenecks at the Rafah crossing in Egypt are stopping the well-oiled wheels of the World Food Programme's Supply Chain in its tracks. Suzanne Fenton joins a convoy

African Cup of Nations joy is marred by displacements and soaring sexual violence in the east as the World Food Programme makes tough decisions amid funding shortages

The ravages of extreme weather take centre stage as the World Food Programme partners with a community to restore fragile soils

Reaching hundreds of families in two South Sudanese states, the initiative is part of a broader bid to build resilience to a growing climate crisis

Conflict and climate shocks have deepened hunger and malnutrition but now people can better respond

As a new report sounds famine warning, WFP and partners struggle to respond in an ever-shrinking space

Record funding shortfalls are threatening World Food Programme operations and pushing already at-risk communities to the brink

Highlights from WFP staff around the world speak of saving and changing lives in a year of unprecedented funding shortfalls

A German-funded WFP-UNICEF project brings families and communities together to realize change

Lessons from East Africa’s most ambitious and under-resourced response to refugees

Held in the MENA region for the second year in a row, the UN’s annual Climate Change Conference, COP28, offered a chance to reinforce the need to tackle the effect of the climate emergency on the world’s populations – especially those living amid conflict and displacement.

Hind Khoudary, with the World Food Programme in Gaza, recounts hard days in the strip during and after a brief humanitarian pause

Clashes have displaced 420,000 people in the country’s Far North in 2022. Many depend on WFP assistance to survive

How WFP and Government agencies work together to counter the devastating cycle of climate-change-propelled cycle of droughts and floods

Celebrity chef and WFP Goodwill Ambassador Andrew Zimmern sees how students and women farmers are delivering change in Southern Africa

World Food Programme needs US$26.3 million in first phase of assisting people who are unsure how they will survive a devastating winter

WFP and partners are supporting the West African country in mainstreaming kids with disabilities into the public school system

Struggling Venezuelans must make tough choices among basic needs when family members have disabilities. WFP school meals are changing that

Three key areas world leaders meeting at the UN Climate Summit in Dubai must prioritize to strengthen the hands of humanitarian organizations such as the World Food Programme

WFP and our partners are working to ensure they don’t have to choose between hunger and sexual violence

To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, a look at how the World Food Programme is enabling girls to return to school amid unwanted teenage pregnancies

Securing supply corridors and a pause in hostilities to enable safe humanitarian access are critical to save lives as conflict shows no sign of letting up