Stories

In neighbouring countries, WFP is reaching new arrivals with food assistance, but upcoming rains and shrinking funds threaten the response

“This is a scenario I have never witnessed before,” Cyril Noujeim shares his experience in being part of the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) response in Lebanon in 2020

World Food Programme cash assistance is a lifeline as families struggle with cost of food

A World Food Programme field monitor testifies to people's ongoing suffering after ten years of conflict

Lebanese families struggle to access basic needs – including food – as the economic meltdown, paired with hyperinflation and shortages of fuel, electricity and medicines, pushes a growing number of people to the brink and beyond.

The World Food Programme is securing access to food so that people don't resort to damaging coping tools such as skipping meals

With the generous support from the European Union in response to the Syrian Crisis, WFP is providing cash assistance for Syrian refugees as well as vulnerable Lebanese citizens, both to support food security and social cohesion

How a simple hermetic item is reducing food losses and protecting the livelihoods of small farming communities in Mozambique

With over 1.3 million people eating less than one meal per day, hunger is on the rise in Haiti. WFP provides vital cash assistance to the most vulnerable, boosting local economies and empowering communities

WFP looks back on a year of turmoil — and how our work helped to ease the fallout

In the city of Sloviansk, residents count on WFP assistance and neighbourly bonds to cushion what may be the toughest winter of their lives.

"What was a wave of hunger is now a tsunami of hunger" — WFP chief David Beasley

As hunger reaches unprecedented levels in the West African country, school feeding is a lifeline for one woman raising a family singlehandedly

Just back from Odesa, the World Food Programme’s Head of Emergency Communications Jon Dumont reflects on the consequences of war for the Black Sea port and the countries that depend on its exports.

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

There will be little to eat for many Lebanese when they break their fasts this Ramadan – but support from the World Food Programme is delivering hope in the face of crushing price rises

Maksym and Anastasiia welcome food assistance from the World Food Programme but worry about their children’s prospects as the country reels from ongoing conflict

The World Food Programme's regional chief, Corinne Fleischer, on why peace is the best long-term solution for the country and those around the world dependent on its grain.

Amid grim new hunger findings, a holistic initiative helps build food security and resilience to inter-connected shocks