Stories

To mark World Breastfeeding Week, three women in three big humanitarian emergencies explain how World Food Programme support is changing their lives... and the lives of their children

World Food Programme calls for US$180 million to avoid a devastating reduction in assistance

Four women, including one WFP staffer, recount how their families survived the disaster - and what keeps them going

Two WFP responders find helping other survivors is key to coping with the trauma of the most devastating earthquakes to hit the countries in decades

WFP's David Beasley: "Lives matter. We care. We're there."

How varied assistance facilitated by European Union funding is helping people survive

Martial arts training helps combat hard times, a woman in Aleppo tells the Canadian broadcaster – and World Food Programme goodwill ambassador – George Stroumboulopoulos

The World Food Programme stands shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers as extreme weather continues to drive food insecurity in the MENA region

Annual UN meetings backdropped by unprecedented hunger crisis

Award-winning donations app reaches milestone in year of record hunger

WFP and FAO among agencies warning 828 million people are hungry as war in Ukraine sends food, fuel and fertilizers prices rocketing

Funds are urgently needed to help families inside the country and across the Middle East

Multi-agency study calls for a shift towards better prevention, anticipation, and targeting to address the root causes of food crises

World Food Programme support is a lifeline as shoppers curb spending and traders suffer

‘It’s a critical moment for anyone who can actually help and donate’

World Food Programme assistance enables families like Ikhlas’s to survive - but much more needs to be done

Through cash-based transfers, the World Food Programme is helping Syrian students like Issa to stay in school and boost the nutrition of their families

WFP's rehabilitated irrigation canals supply 17,800 hectares of land in northern Syria, empowering more than 12,000 farming families to grow

'I started to get my children eggs, yoghurt and vegetables - things that are not available in the food parcel'

As more Syrians than ever before wondered how they would make it through each day with empty refrigerators, shrinking portions and markets full of produce they could no longer afford, the World Food Programme reached 5.7 million people with food assistance

World Food Programme staffer Rasha supports daily flights funded by the European Union

An alternative look into the lives and backgrounds of the staff who help drive WFP’s work

World Food Programme and humanitarian partners need urgent funds to anticipate, restore and protect 

WFP provides support while communities benefit from organic produce, as initiative helps offset economic impact of conflict

Having witnessed the devastation wrought by conflict on Aleppo, she joined the World Food Programme to rebuild and help change people's lives