Stories

Players kick off 'Stop the Waste' Campaign, highlighting the impact of food waste on global hunger

Elaf and Amina are survivors of an ongoing conflict — their displaced families are supported by the World Food Programme. Below, they offer a touching glimpse of their worlds.

World Food Programme calls for funds as pandemic worsens problems caused by premature dry season in the south

A glimpse into how the World Food Programme buys food for nearly 100 million people

Mapping technology helps World Food Programme staff traversing mountainous terrain identify safe routes to reach vulnerable people

Award spotlights conflict, climate change and coronavirus as drivers of a deepening global hunger crisis

Winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize in pictures

Moved by the tragedy in Yemen, 20-year-old Nicola Parfitt decided to make her voice heard — and gained 12,000 followers

World Food Programme trains cooperatives to make a nutritious energy bar — which it then buys to supply to schoolchildren

World Food Programme assistance is at hand as DRC tackles its latest outbreak of the deadly disease

The World Food Programme is working with USAID to meet the nutritional needs of mothers and children

World Food Programme special adviser on maternal and child nutrition looks for a ‘silver lining' amid the coronavirus pandemic

A call centre in Tripoli, managed by the World Food Programme, needs funding to keep up with the demand for information

David Beasley tells UN Security Council hundreds of thousands may die without swift intervention — and urgent funding

With the worst drought in decades devastating his country, a World Food Programme humanitarian shares his take

US$500,000 worth of kit set to assist Chinese government efforts to treat patients and stem the spread of coronavirus

As the world commemorates women's month, we ask women in South Sudan on what equality means to them.

To mark International Women's Day, eight people who help make emergency responses happen reveal what makes them tick

For International Women's Day, WFP's Istanbul Area Office head talks about the challenges and rewards of life as a humanitarian

Training in handling harvests to reduce spoiling is ushering subsistence farming towards agribusiness

Campaign highlights gross paradox of hunger and food waste

Malish, Ali and Chekufa, refugees and World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers, tell their own stories.

I am Sawyedollah, a WFP Storyteller and Rohingya refugee. It's World Refugee Week and I wrote this story about why I decided to flee to Bangladesh and seek my alive life.

In Afghanistan, the UN Humanitarian Air Service is launching a new initiative to get more female Afghan humanitarians into the skies and the field

Most recipients of EU-funded cash assistance are Syrian. However, there are also smaller numbers from countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran.