Programs: 1st 1000 Days
The United Nations World Food Programme designs programs to directly treat and prevent malnutrition through education and specialized nutritional support for mothers and children under the age of two.
WFP cameraman Marco Frattini reflects on his experience documenting the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Here's a look at our latest report on childhood malnutrition, and its crushing impact on babies and children.
This is what happens when you take 240,000 refugees in Tanzania, mix in the latest digital solutions, and then feed the data into cutting-edge visualization tools.
The U.N. World Food Programme is the sole UN agency in Egypt that provides food security to the most vulnerable populations, making this investment all the more crucial.
There is no time to wait. The choices we make today will determine millions of children's futures for months, years and decades to come.
What does malnutrition do to the body of a young child? The effects are devastating, with lifelong consequences for children and their communities. Here are seven of their stories.
Nearly half of all children under the age of five die from hunger-related causes. It's an emergency on a global scale, and we're doing whatever we can to stop it.
Lawrence Haddad won the prestigious World Food Prize in 2018 for his work in global nutrition. We asked him what it takes to win and how transforming business can elevate nutrition and change the world.
Lucy Sullivan, founder of 1,000 Days, answers our questions about child malnutrition and why she's passionate about making a difference in the first 1,000 days.
With one million people, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh is the world’s largest refugee camp, and 80 percent are women and children. Tracy Dube, a WFP nutritionist in the camp, talks about the challenges that pregnant mothers, new moms and young children face in this pop-up city.
Providing food to hungry people is just one part of ending hunger. We also need long-term solutions like sustainable farming, increasing the efficiency of local markets and making sure people earn enough money to support themselves.
The first 1,000 days of life refers to the ‘window of opportunity’ from a child’s conception through to her second birthday, and it shape us in ways that last a lifetime.