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Meet Volana Rarivoson, who has been working as Communications Assistant for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar for the past 15 years. Her role includes writing news releases and communications reports, interviewing people who WFP supports, and managing relationships with suppliers to produce branded visibility items.

Over the past year, our ‘WFP, my work and me’ series has highlighted the lives of a number of our colleagues – dedicated humanitarians – to find out what motivates them to serve and keeps them happy in and out of work.  Many grew up in the same countries where they’re now working around the clock to save lives and, through World Food Programme development projects, change liv

Our work in over 120 countries and territories includes a broad range of activities to save and change lives, with the ultimate goal of a world with zero hunger. We support governments and populations in mitigating the impact of threats including conflict, climate shocks and other disasters, and in developing sustainable livelihoods that can build self-reliance and resilience in the long term.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has a presence in over 120 countries and territories. We bring life-saving assistance in emergencies and support sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger

Edita Horrell is the first Lithuanian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She joined WFP in 2010 and has been deployed to countries including Haiti, the Philippines, South Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. She was mountaineering during earthquakes in both Nepal and Ecuador, and both times stayed to assist WFP’s emergency response.

Betelhem Endalkachew, known informally as 'Betty' , joined the WFP Ethiopia Country Office as an engineer in 2013. She previously worked in building design and hotel construction. She has spent the past 12 years working on engineering projects including security upgrades for WFP compounds and offices.

Nihal Nassereddin is a nutrition officer and food technologist based in her home city of Jerusalem.

The English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean comprises several Small Island Developing States that face similar challenges in managing economic, financial, geographic and climate-related impacts that affect the food and nutrition security of the most vulnerable, particularly in crises.

If you are looking for Dimitris Karakostis, chances are you’ll find him behind a computer, on top of a mountain or in the old markets of Damascus looking at a map. For the past year he has worked to establish the GIS team for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria, where he uses maps and geospatial technologies to see the country through a new and innovative lens.

When Udaya Sharma joined WFP 14 years ago, he began monitoring the impact of school meals that he himself had received as a child growing up in Bhutan.