Stories

An accommodation centre offers comfort cooking and compassion to those uprooted by the war

Amid one of the world's biggest hunger emergencies, WFP cash feeds desperate families, spurs enterprise and builds long-term resilience

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

Drought followed by flooding has wiped out harvests

Annual UN meetings backdropped by unprecedented hunger crisis

The World Food Programme is working with the National Disaster Management Authority and partners to expand food assistance

One year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, WFP still helps communities to rebuild their lives and be better prepared for future disasters

World Food Programme intervention is a lifeline for Moldovans seeking to help their neighbours

Faced with land erosion, rising seas and frequent cyclones, islanders in Kutubdia and Moheskhali need continued support from the World Food Programme

WFP is using cash transfers in Ukraine and beyond to help relieve the essential needs of people affected by the global food crisis. Meanwhile, harvests from Ukrainian farms such as Andriy’s are failing to be shipped to the destinations where they are needed most.

The experience of one village shows how the World Food Programme can change lives in a year of unprecedented hunger, one community at a time

Funds assist 12,000 people at a time when a healthy meal is out of reach for many.

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

World Food Programme retail-in-a-box initiative boosts local economy

How a situation of desperation became one of opportunity for one young woman

Small payments from the World Food Programme are, for some, a doorway into business

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

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

‘Gender-based violence must be a key priority in all humanitarian response plans’

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

Thanks to a recently introduced law on funding for people with disabilities, the World Food Programme is working with Wajir County authorities to support people like 8-year-old Ikran

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

Cash assistance is a lifeline for communities grappling with extreme weather

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