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Papal visit comes as WFP and other humanitarian actors face growing demands and shrinking funds to reach millions facing severe food insecurity.

After a year of unprecedented climate disasters, 2023 may not be much better — but there are also reasons for hope

Crisis sees 30 million acutely malnourished children in 15 worst-hit countries

Lunches facilitated by UNICEF and the World Food Programme provide an incentive for youths to keep turning up to class

In the world's youngest country, WFP is empowering communities by constructing roads to improve food security and develop rural economies

On International Peace Day, WFP looks at how tackling the climate crisis can help fight hunger and build stability

At key education summit, School Meals Coalition calls for billions to support vital safety net

The World Food Programme's regional chief, Corinne Fleischer, on why peace is the best long-term solution for the country and those around the world dependent on its grain.

Feuding communities find peace growing crops as part of a World Food Programme project

The World Food Programme urgently needs US$426 million to reach six million food-insecure people over the next six months

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

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

Millions face severe food insecurity as unprecedented water levels swallow up swathes of land

Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen braced for ‘starvation and death’, says FAO and WFP study

Recruited by militants in the nineties, Elijah Manyok Jok escaped to Kenya where he received World Food Programme school meals, joining the organization as an adult - and then setting up his own NGO

As hunger levels rise in South Sudan, WFP ensures that everyone has the right to assistance

Training in 'climate smart' agricultural techniques allows people to feed their families while creating a small income

As global powers meet in Glasgow, the World Food Programme joins humanitarian organizations daring to hope for decisions that will save millions from hunger

WFP response addresses immediate needs while also looking to longer-term development

The World Food Programme-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service takes critical assistance to vulnerable people

‘People affected by the climate crisis do not have the luxury to wait until the world’s changed course on greenhouse gas emissions’

But they are hazardous, seven times the cost of road transport, with far lower capacity — why the World Food Programme takes to the skies to distribute food only as a last resort

Picking up the pieces is sadly routine for people such as Roda whose teashop was destroyed by fighting — the World Food Programme is at hand but requires urgent funds to assist

Most of what we know about conflict we see on TV and in movies. Malish James, who has hopped from refugee camp to refugee camp since fleeing South Sudan as a child, knows what it’s like first hand. Now he’s telling his story to the world

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