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.
Hunger claims the lives of more than 3 million children each year. 45 percent of deaths among children under age 5 are caused by malnutrition. Nutrition during the first 1,000 days determines the course of a child's life, and in time, shapes the fate of our planet.
90% of the Burundian population depends on agriculture for their survival. Their daily diet —for both children and adults — consists mainly of cassava leaves and Irish potatoes.
The nutrition and well-being of mothers and children during the critical first 1,000 days of life is critical, and has the power to shape their future.
From food aid to cash vouchers and school meals, WFP does whatever it takes to feed the world's most vulnerable and hungry people.
The annual Global Nutrition Report is the world’s most comprehensive report on nutrition, collecting data from 141 countries.
A look at what 2018 meant for the World Food Programme (WFP) and the millions of people it serves.
José is thriving. The Astellas USA Foundation is creating a positive impact on the lives of Salvadoran children in the short- and long-term.
Read how the support of the Astellas USA Foundation is creating a positive impact on the lives of Salvadoran children.
How Astellas and WFP are helping mothers and children with nutrition in El Salvador.
Because of funding shortfalls, we're forced to make impossible choices about who receives food in Yemen. But you can help.
In hard-to-reach areas of the war-torn state, children are suffering from a level of malnutrition that has left almost half of all children countrywide “irreversibly stunted.”
Watch to discover how one remote village in Laos is feeding the dreams of its children through school meals.