Location: Americas
Here are seven stories of mothers who are protecting, caring for and feeding their families. Each simply wants their children to live in safety with access to good food and education.
To protect the mangroves that sustain her family and community, Rosa participates in a reforestation project led by the government of Ecuador with the support of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
With support from Mastercard, the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil, Ação da Cidadania and local partners helped communities affected by the impacts of COVID-19.
Conflict ravages countries in countless ways. And it’s the number one cause of hunger in the world, tearing families, communities, infrastructure, food systems and regions apart.
For International Day of Education, we’re taking look at how new schools and hot meals are keeping students in the classroom – even after disaster strikes.
WFP is expanding its school meals program in Venezuela to reach more than 110,000 students and school staff in the northwest of the country, building on a pilot program that started in July 2021 in the state of Falcón.
Over the last five years, a new report found that an estimated 378,000 people have made the arduous trek from their homes in Central America across the border into the United States.
An innovate insurance program in Guatemala, run by WFP in partnership with Aseguradora Rural, enables farmers and entrepreneurs to become more resilient to climate crises and hunger.
Fruits and vegetables that were previously thrown away are being transformed into nutritious meals in soup kitchens across Lima, Peru.
Ahead of International Daughters Day this Sunday, meet Edwymar and her daughter Kim on the first day they began receiving food from WFP.
The Colombia-Ecuador border is one of the most climate-sensitive and hungry regions in Latin America, and the Awá and Afro communities are seeing climate change unfold before their very eyes.
The earthquake rattled people who were already struggling to feed their families due to economic and climate shocks, and insecurity.