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8 March 2022

Women’s day: Danish support for gender equality and food security buoys WFP’s work with UNFPA

‘Gender-based violence must be a key priority in all humanitarian response plans’

Cash transfers Gender Denmark Sri Lanka Congo

12 May 2021

Egypt: How families in a remote village built a community school

Lessons on securing education for girls and boys alike from a World Food Programme-backed initiative

School feeding Cash transfers Egypt

14 April 2021

Haiti: Coronavirus, high food prices and how beans became a luxury

World Food Programme support is a lifeline for families on the brink as the pandemic hammers the economy

Cash transfers Food Security Haiti

31 December 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo: WFP beats the odds with cash assistance

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

Cash transfers Zero Hunger Democratic Republic of the Congo

17 February 2021

John’s story: WFP and EU support restores hope after devastating injury

The World Food Programme delivers critical cash assistance to urban residents in the face of challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic

Cash transfers Zambia

22 February 2021

Honduras: Parents skip meals so their children can eat

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

Cash transfers Refugees and migration Zero Hunger Honduras

8 March 2021

Women in El Salvador: ‘Failed crops? We'll make hammocks’

When climate change dried up their livelihoods — literally — a group of women backed by the World Food Programme turned a traditional craft into a business

Cash transfers Gender El Salvador

31 March 2021

WFP supports Rohingya refugees after blaze destroys homes

World Food Programme works with Government and NGOs to deliver critical food assistance as fire leaves 45,000 people displaced

Cash transfers Emergencies Food Security Bangladesh

26 March 2021

Zimbabwe: Mushroom-growing means independence for women farmers

In a country beset by crises and food insecurity, the World Food Programme and its partners are empowering people with farming and business skills

Cash transfers Gender Resilience Zimbabwe

26 March 2021

‘Conflict of sounds and smells’: A blind couple in Syria look to a better future

World Food Programme support empowers Aleppo residents Abdallah and Rania to expect good times with their baby boy

Cash transfers Food Security Syrian Arab Republic

9 July 2020

Haiti and coronavirus: It’s not just the food, it’s feeling safe

There are countless ways to spend US$75 from the World Food Programme in the village of Grande Rivière — all have the power of helping people feel secure during the pandemic

Cash transfers Health emergencies Haiti

10 October 2018

Supporting South Sudan’s traders

How WFP's cash assistance is helping small-scale traders grow

Cash transfers South Sudan

20 November 2017

School meals + cash transfers = better nutrition and more local jobs

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

Cash transfers Development Nutrition Armenia

12 January 2018

Yemeni refugees describe the difference that food and cash is making

An insight into how families are trying to find a sense of normality in Djibouti

Cash transfers Refugees and migration Djibouti Yemen

1 August 2019

‘Being able to breastfeed my daughter is the best gift that I can give her’

Cash assistance from the World Food Programme is securing a nutrition boost for mothers in drought-hit Honduras

Cash transfers Droughts Nutrition Honduras

9 March 2020

How piggybacking networks in Turkey delivers cash assistance to refugees

With the Emergency Social Safety Net, WFP joined forces with the EU and Turkish agencies to bring choice to vulnerable people

Cash transfers Refugees and migration European Union (Member Organization) Türkiye Syrian Arab Republic

29 January 2019

‘Hope is the colour of yellow jasmine flowers’

Learning art techniques helped a group of Syrian refugees in Turkey to re-examine the events of recent years — and to move on.

Cash transfers Refugees and migration Türkiye Syrian Arab Republic

6 June 2019

Cash and conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

‘We once had a good life but the war spoiled everything'

Funding Cash transfers European Union (Member Organization) Democratic Republic of the Congo

14 October 2019

Restoring hope in the toughest times

Cash transfers in El Salvador are enabling rural women to tranform their lives and smile more

Cash transfers Food for Assets Gender

30 November 2017

Cash provides a vital lifeline in Somalia

Delivering money directly into the hands of drought-hit families means greater freedom to choose.

Cash transfers Somalia European Union (Member Organization)

26 March 2019

In Turkey, cash assistance reaches non-Syrian refugees too

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

Campaigns Cash transfers Refugees and migration European Union (Member Organization) Türkiye

16 March 2022

WFP, my work and me…Carolina Tchamo

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

Cash transfers Zero Hunger Mozambique

11 March 2022

Education in Syria: WFP cash grants ignite one boy’s ambition to study

Through cash-based transfers, the World Food Programme is helping Syrian students like Issa to stay in school and boost the nutrition of their families

Cash transfers School feeding Syrian Arab Republic