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Emergency Alert: On The Brink of Famine in Yemen

December 11, 2015

Violence across the country has made an already dangerously and desperately hungry nation that much hungrier.

WFP Sends Convoys Into Yemen City Of Taiz To Avert Looming Humanitarian Crisis

December 10, 2015

SANA’A – Two convoys of assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have arrived in the central Yemeni city of Taiz with badly needed

On The Passing of Sandy Berger, A Devoted Humanitarian

December 2, 2015

Today the world lost one of its most devoted and influential humanitarian champions. Samuel R. Berger—or Sandy for those of us who were lucky enough

World Food Program USA Honors Samuel R. Berger With Inaugural Global Humanitarian Award

December 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, World Food Program USA (WFP USA) announced that it has given its inaugural Global Humanitarian Award to Samuel

New Research Tool Demonstrates How Climate Action Shapes Risk Of Hunger – For Better Or Worse

November 30, 2015

ROME/PARIS – A powerful online research tool launched today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, offers a window on our global future to the 2080s. This research tool examines how over time climate change

Urgent And Ambitious Climate Action Needed To End Hunger In Our Lifetime

November 27, 2015

ROME/PARIS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will attend the climate negotiations (COP21) 30 November-11 December 2015, in Paris, France. WHY WFP: The

Crucial Funding To WFP Avoids Suspension Of Food Assistance To Drought-Affected People In Ethiopia

November 17, 2015

ADDIS ABABA – Thanks to timely contributions from key donors, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is able to continue food distributions later this

Two women wash vegetables in the community garden with a watering can

Over 2 Million In Central America Will Need Food Assistance Due To Drought, El Nino

November 12, 2015

Some 2.3 million people in Central America will need food assistance because of significant crop losses due to prolonged drought exacerbated by the current El Niño event.