News releases - UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Nov 22, 2024 · ROME/JERUSALEM – The World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the horrifying incident on January 5, when a clearly marked WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, putting the lives of our staff at tremendous risk and leaving the vehicles immobilized.
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No relief from food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the …
Nov 21, 2024 · Kinshasa – There are 25.6 million people who continue to face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. Armed violence, continued conflict and soaring food prices are driving acute food insecurity affecting displaced people and …
WFP, Ministry of Education and World Bank unveil preliminary …
Feb 13, 2024 · WFP has been supporting the Ministry of Education in implementing the National School Feeding Programme, the largest social safety net for children in the country, since 2013. This academic year, a total of 520,000 of the most vulnerable Jordanian and refugee children are benefiting from the programme.
WFP announces major surge in food aid into Sudan's hard-to …
Nov 22, 2024 · WFP trucks arrive in famine-hit Zamzam camp in North Darfur; Over 700 trucks on the road to locations across Sudan PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a surge in its operations across Sudan, part of a scale-up effort to reach millions of people in the country’s most needy and isolated conflict areas.
UNICEF, WFP and WHO join forces in global efforts to improve …
Dec 3, 2024 · "USAID's partnership with UNICEF and WFP is integral to our support to prevent and treat child wasting in humanitarian crises, and we applaud the proactive, joint effort to align and scale up programming for these vulnerable children,” said Danielle Mutone-Smith, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Assistance at USAID.
Food operations in Gaza face growing challenges as ongoing …
Aug 26, 2024 · CAIRO – Ten months into the war, Palestinians in Gaza are crowded into an ever-shrinking space without adequate sanitation or healthcare and are repeatedly uprooted by evacuation orders that also disrupt the aid centres intended to support them, including the food distributions and community kitchens supported by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
WFP welcomes Republic of Korea's commitment to global action …
Dec 30, 2024 · SEOUL/ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$10 million from the Republic of Korea (ROK), which will enable WFP to provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable families in Kenya and Ghana. ROK has also pledged to increase its annual rice contribution to WFP from 100,000 metric tonnes in 2024 to 150,000 metric tonnes next year, which ...
FAO and WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis as hunger …
Jun 6, 2022 · Conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and the ripple effects from the war in Ukraine push millions of people in countries across the world into poverty and hunger – as food and fuel price spikes drive nations closer to instability says new hunger hotspots report ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United ...
Operational Update on surge in food aid in Sudan
Dec 17, 2024 · PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food assistance to more than 800,000 people in famine and famine risk areas across war-torn Sudan since recently launching a large-scale surge in food aid. Recent operational progress is fragile as the situation on the ground is volatile and dangerous.