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World Food Programme early action programmes are saving lives and livelihoods across four countries

How the World Food Programnme's new cash policy helps people in crises build futures

World Food Programme innovation facilitates food assistance within a remarkably quick window

New findings paint an alarming picture of how conflict helps drive hunger in Africa's second-largest country

In Myanmar and Bangladesh, WFP urgently needs US$116 million to support the most vulnerable

In Somalia and in Haiti, World Food Programme mobile money transfers bring independence a step closer

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

At-Bashy district is capitalizing on its environment to grow much-demanded crops

Country’s worst drought in decades has left 4.4 million people acutely food insecure, with 1.2 million facing emergency hunger levels

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