Stories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The World Food Programme and partners to reach 95,000 families in Nairobi and Mombasa’s informal urban settlements

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

The World Food Programme marks international refugee day with a visit to the Mantapala refugee settlement in Zambia

Through initiatives such as cash grants and training in agricultural skills, the World Food Programme and European Union seek to change lives

As more Syrians than ever before wondered how they would make it through each day with empty refrigerators, shrinking portions and markets full of produce they could no longer afford, the World Food Programme reached 5.7 million people with food assistance