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LONG READ FEATURE: WFP’s Matthew Hollingworth looks back on 12 months of humanitarian operations in Ukraine and shares key concerns, achievements – and an urgent pitch to global leaders

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

A glimpse into the lives of a World Food Programme field monitor in Iraq and a nutritionist in Palestine

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

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

World Food Programme and UNDP Peacebuilding Fund Project work together to assist communities hit by the pandemic

Conditions such as wasting in children up as poverty caused by coronavirus restrictions hits mothers' access to nutritious food

A government scheme backed by UN agencies, including the World Food Programme, provides critical assistance to vulnerable people in remote locations

How resilience support from the World Food Programme is improving the livelihoods and health of farming communities

Digital support from the World Food Programe enables children to dream big

World Food Programme-backed livelihoods programme enables Habiba to reach out to people struggling in her community

A new World Food Programme-Kerry project brings more milk to children in Gitega province, sustainably

The World Food Programme (WFP) provides crucial nutrition support to women and children in the midst of conflict

How nutrition can act as a catalyst for progress across the Sustainable Development Goals.

Assessment of food needs reveals hidden hunger in DPRK

The unique role of adolescents in the household means that they can be agents of change to improve the health and nutrition of their families, peers and communities.

The ‘Grows, Gos and Nos' — advice from World Food Programme nutritionists on dos and don'ts of eating in quarantine

Director of Nutrition separates fact from fiction at a time when a healthy diet is more important than ever

Bringing food closer to malnourished children

‘My kids come home and even start teaching us — the parents — what food is healthy and what is not'

Rohingya women share their stories

World Food Programme take-home rations supply children with critical nutrition as they wait to return to classrooms

Head of nutrition in Dominican Republic discovered years later that she had been a beneficiary of WFP food

Poor facilities and a lack of classes failed to stop one girl taking huge steps toward achieving her dream of becoming a doctor

Diversity is one of the foundations of a healthy diet. Providing refugees with cash to buy food means that families have access to a wider range of products, but this doesn't necessarily translate into variety on the table. Here's how World Food Programme nutritionists are using education and communication to champion healthy diets.