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24 April 2017

World Food Programme extends alert system to help cut risks from tropical storms

When a tropical storm hits, humanitarian organizations need fast answers to vital questions in order to plan an effective response: How…

Climate Emergencies Food Security

8 September 2019

WFP lends expertise before and after Hurricane Dorian

Regional hub allowed agency to deploy assessment team to Bahamas ahead of time

Climate Emergencies Natural disasters Bahamas

1 October 2018

Children of war

Photos of Yemeni children capture how conflict is affecting their everyday lives and jeopardizing their futures

Conflicts Protection Zero Hunger Yemen

17 April 2019

What’s cooking? A healthier future for all

A look at how World Food Programme (WFP)'s improved stoves benefit school children, communities — and the planet

Climate School feeding

27 November 2018

Of food, life and death

A diary from Yemen

Conflicts Zero Hunger Yemen

28 April 2023

'We lost everything' — Sudanese refugees arrive in Chad as difficult times loom

WFP and other humanitarians fear a perfect storm, as refugee influx from Sudan’s unrest is compounded by upcoming rains, lean season and a funding crunch

Conflicts Refugees and migration Sudan

21 March 2019

Working round the clock to save lives in the wake of cyclone Idai

US$ 140 million needed as World Food Programme (WFP) steps up assistance in Mozambique

Climate Emergencies Mozambique

15 September 2021

Afghanistan: The time to act is now

World Food Programme calls for urgent funding to avert 'total catastrophe' as humanitarian flights to Kabul resume

Conflicts Emergencies Afghanistan

12 June 2019

Peacebuilding begins in the barrio

A look at how World Food Programme (WFP) activities might be contributing to a more peaceful El Salvador

Conflicts El Salvador

19 June 2019

In our own words: Three stories of escape, longing and hope for the future

Malish, Ali and Chekufa, refugees and World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers, tell their own stories.

Campaigns Refugees and migration

24 November 2017

A day on the front line with the Rohingya refugees

Fighting malnutrition in Bangladesh

Emergencies Nutrition Bangladesh Myanmar

18 October 2021

WFP, my work and me…Edita Horrell

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

11 March 2021

Why Project Amata is good news for school meals in Burundi

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

Nutrition Private sector School feeding Smallholder Farmers Burundi

6 March 2020

Meet the loggies: the women at the centre of emergency logistics

To mark International Women's Day, eight people who help make emergency responses happen reveal what makes them tick

Campaigns Gender Innovation and technology Logistics and delivery networks

29 November 2019

In the country of orphans

Eswatini in southern Africa has the world's highest HIV rate, leaving 58 percent of children there vulnerable

HIV/AIDS Eswatini

21 August 2018

‘Technology in emergencies gives us the bigger picture. It helps us find solutions.’

Satellite imagery has a key role in increasing the efficiency of a humanitarian response

Innovation and technology Zero Hunger Bangladesh

5 March 2020

Unique selling point: Women farmers in Bangladesh find buyers in refugees

International Women's Day: In Cox's Bazar growers are expanding their customer base to include residents of WFP-backed camps

Gender Refugees and migration Bangladesh Myanmar

27 November 2020

Meet the four women behind WFP’s humanitarian helicopter in Haiti

Operation enables critical humanitarian staff and cargo to reach remote destinations across the country

Supply Chain Haiti

9 May 2018

‘Working to get myself out of a job’

World Food Programme (WFP) engineer Daniela Villar on monsoon preparations in refugee camps in Bangladesh and being a woman in the male-dominated world of engineering

Development Bangladesh

18 January 2018

How did Korea go from receiving WFP’s help to becoming one of its top 20 donors?

Six key areas lie at heart of country's dramatic transformation to Zero Hunger

Funding Republic of Korea

1 March 2022

In photos: African school feeding day

8 reasons why the World Food Programme marks 1 March - and a special look at Benin

Benin Malawi Niger Rwanda Chad

1 March 2023

Home-grown goodness: The African Day of School Feeding delivers

Locally sourced, WFP-supported home-grown school meals take the spotlight at high-level African Union event

School feeding Development Smallholder Farmers Partnerships Sudan Zambia

10 June 2019

What’s Inside the Purple Box?

World Food Programme Sudan funded the successful launch of a marketing campaign across the city of Khartoum — with the aim of tackling micronutrient deficiencies.

Nutrition Protection Sudan