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On the day of the UN Food Systems Summit, WFP Special Advisor Elizabeth Nyamayaro reflects on the relationship between food systems and hunger

With World Humanitarian Day on Thursday 19 August, we launch the first in a series of staff profiles, taking an alternative look into the lives and backgrounds of the people who drive WFP’s work

#Invisiblemeal is putting hunger around the world in focus

Hundreds and thousands of people in the south of the country may die of hunger without World Food Programme support — the organization urgently needs US$78 million to respond

WFP assisted a record 115.5 million people amidst disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Together, we can be the generation that ends hunger

World Food Programme partnerships officer Krystyna Kovalenko offers a glimpse of the south of the country, where thousands of people are starving

Global Report on Food Crises confirms World Food Programme and humanitarian community's worst fears over critical nutrition

How World Food Programme school feeding is enabling aspirations by motivating families to keep their daughters in school

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

How the World Food Programme is helping to break the cycle of hunger and migration in Central America's Dry Corridor

International Council of Voluntary Agencies rallies Oxfam, Save the Children and 258 other organizations after World Food Programme's warning on increasing levels of hunger

Children in the farming communities of the northern province are at risk as conflict disrupts livelihoods — a joint nutrition assessment by the two UN agencies aims to help prevent malnutrition

As the World Food Programme warns of famine, spotlight on one country where efforts are being made to push back

As the World Food Programme launches a major new report, the organization's school feeding director Carmen Burbano discusses the impact of 39 billion missed meals

Marlene’s family get by with food assistance from the World Food Programme but need so much more

What a year it's been—below, a selection of our favourite stories to usher in 2021

The World Food Programme is responding as conflict and diseases push more people into hunger

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

World Food Programme staff in a country with a history of conflict reflect on their roles on the front lines

Breaking the Silos event heralds closer collaboration between international financial institutions, governments and NGOs

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

World Food Programme and UN Migration report says workforce of 164 million people struggling to earn because of pandemic

Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme identify 20 countries as hunger hotspots, with Burkina Faso, Yemen, Nigeria's North East and South Sudan facing the highest threat

Hamida Alsanousi set up an NGO to empower women and young people. Today, in partnership with the World Food Programme, they support 20,000 people