8 January 2024 Malawi: A boot camp maps the way for climate resilience amid hunger in southern Africa The ravages of extreme weather take centre stage as the World Food Programme partners with a community to restore fragile soils Malawi
9 October 2020 World Food Programme chief lauds front line staff and partners after Nobel Peace Prize win Award spotlights conflict, climate change and coronavirus as drivers of a deepening global hunger crisis Campaigns Conflicts
1 August 2022 In Somalia, women and children are bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa drought Thirst and hunger are driving people to make perilous journeys on foot to reach safety Droughts Food Security Somalia
23 December 2021 'How do we do food better?' Dive into WFP’s newest podcast On Better Food. Better World, Elizabeth Nyamayaro and guests explore the many challenges to our food systems and urge people to make a difference by listening to their stories. Food Security
5 October 2017 Orange parachutes rain down from a blue sky A trip to one of the most inaccessible parts of South Sudan Conflicts Emergencies South Sudan
16 October 2017 How do you drop food from 17,000 feet into a conflict zone? Watch our video A WFP Syria aviation officer describes the airdrops operation delivering food to people trapped in the besieged city of Deir Ezzor Airdrops Emergencies Syrian Arab Republic
15 March 2022 Displacement, poverty and rising prices: How one family in Syria bears the burden of 11 years of conflict World Food Programme assistance enables families like Ikhlas’s to survive - but much more needs to be done Emergencies Cash transfers Syrian Arab Republic
31 December 2020 Faces and places: 2020 story highlights from WFP What a year it's been—below, a selection of our favourite stories to usher in 2021 Conflicts Development Zero Hunger Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chad Mozambique Yemen
7 August 2020 Conquerors, climate change and coronavirus: Indigenous community in Bolivia survives against the odds With their ancestral lake dried up and the COVID-19 threat looming, the Uru-Murato people are receiving assistance from the World Food Programme Climate Health emergencies Protection Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2 November 2021 Yield of dreams: How farmers in Madagascar are defying drought with WFP climate insurance Extreme weather dries up crops but not hope for smallholder farmers assisted by World Food Programme microinsurance schemes Climate Madagascar
2 December 2022 That’s soil folks: How WFP’s down-to-earth approach to climate and hunger is growing World Food Programme satellite data help communities withstand hardships and external shocks Resilience
31 May 2023 Lesotho to keep one step ahead of climate shocks and hunger with WFP-powered GIS Government joins forces with World Food Programme to change lives for farmers and families Lesotho
20 March 2024 Afro-descendant, Indigenous communities on Colombia-Ecuador border join forces to adapt to climate change WFP’s support and ancestral knowledge come together to restore over 10,000 hectares of mangroves and forest Climate Colombia Ecuador
18 September 2020 World must step up — not back — to avoid coronavirus-induced hunger pandemic Global response staved off the worst for now, but famine looms for millions, WFP Executive Director warns UN Security Council Health emergencies Zero Hunger
1 November 2021 South Sudan: How WFP is working with farmers to counter climate change Training in 'climate smart' agricultural techniques allows people to feed their families while creating a small income Climate Development Floods Resilience South Sudan
9 June 2021 Climate smarts: ‘How growing food for my family turned into a business’ World Food Programme training is empowering farmers in Zambia to increase their yields of crops that can withstand shocks Smallholder Farmers Nutrition Food Security Climate Zambia
24 March 2023 Malawi: Devastation caused by cyclone Freddy is a ‘wake-up call on the climate crisis’ World Food Programme supports response after tropical storm displaces more than 500,000 people Climate Floods Natural disasters Malawi Madagascar Mozambique
14 July 2022 Bangladesh: Cash grants and training empower women in the face of climate change Faced with land erosion, rising seas and frequent cyclones, islanders in Kutubdia and Moheskhali need continued support from the World Food Programme Climate Cash transfers Bangladesh
15 October 2023 Banking on apples: How women in rural Nepal are tackling climate challenges Programmes run by WFP and Nepal's Government are empowering female farmers and building resilience to weather extremes Climate Gender Smallholder Farmers Nepal
25 April 2024 In Ethiopia’s Somali Region, women build businesses and resilience to climate change World Food Programme enables refugee and local women to challenge gender norms in conservative pastoralist communities Refugees and migration Gender Resilience Ethiopia Somalia
6 May 2022 War in Ukraine: WFP calls for ports to reopen as world faces deepening hunger crisis Lifesaving food remains trapped in a year of catastrophic hunger, with needs outpacing resources to help people going hungry across the world Conflicts Emergencies Ukraine Ethiopia Afghanistan Yemen
21 September 2022 WFP and FAO sound the alarm as global food crisis tightens its grip on hunger hotspots Urgent humanitarian action needed as record numbers face starvation Emergencies
15 July 2019 Hunger-free world remains a huge challenge, food security report says Economic shocks, conflict and climate change drive hunger figures up for third year in a row
31 March 2022 WFP aims to reach up to 6 million people caught up in the conflict in Ukraine The World Food Programme is scaling up rapidly to expand its emergency response Ukraine
2 August 2023 Sudan: How a tea-seller displaced by conflict led her family away from hunger Support from World Food Programme and its partners is providing families nutrition and security as they plan their next steps Sudan