Stories

A month after a massive earthquake and multiple aftershocks, WFP is rushing support to survivors in eastern Afghanistan as bitter weather sets in. But needs are enormous, and funding scarce

Wheat-producing Punjab hit hardest as the World Food Programme and humanitarian partners support Government-led response

The World Food Programme’s most challenging operations have a simple message

As a new report confirms 80 million more children are receiving school meals, the World Food Programme’s Carmen Burbano recalls the long journey to a success story for development

Millions of new students are benefiting from school meals, as governments increasingly take leadership of WFP-supported programmes

Disaster adds to multiple crises leaving millions hungry in Central Asian nation

Expert hunger findings confirm famine in Gaza Governorate, and project it will spread elsewhere

Airdrops can save lives – but they are risky, up to seven times more expensive and deliver far less than road transport.

Bumper harvests of the drought-resistant crop ring in food security – and export income – for smallholders with support from the Government of Japan and the World Food Programme

World Food Programme staff reflect on life in two of the toughest places on earth

In North Darfur’s capital El Fasher, survival is “a daily struggle”

How WFP and the Mastercard Foundation support young Africans who are turning to agriculture, and making a successful living off the land

Without urgent donations, 1.3 million people risk losing food assistance

Young, educated and Internet savvy, a new generation of WFP-supported farmer-herders is fighting hunger and upending an ancient profession

How a WFP-supported drive for greater food self-sufficiency fights hunger and changes lives in the West African country

A key food systems summit in Addis Ababa casts a spotlight on the nation’s drive to build food security and resilience - with WFP support

WFP has the food, experienced teams on the ground and proven systems in place to respond.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, these programmes are the key to independence from aid.

A farming couple is picking up the pieces after war shattered their lives

A guide to the facts, figures and frontline work of the World Food Programme

A concise explainer to help understand the concept of food security and how it drives WFP’s work

‘As governments, donors, and development partners look to scale support in fragile regions, the question is no longer whether we can afford to invest – but whether we can afford not to’

Beryl was the earliest Category-5 hurricane to hit the region. Now, with a new logistics hub in Barbados, WFP and its partners are pre-positioning humanitarian supplies for ever-quicker responses

How conflict and extreme weather have displaced millions and fuelled severe food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country

A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people