Programs: Food Vouchers and E-cards
When local markets are functioning and food is available yet unaffordable for the most vulnerable families, the United Nations World Food Programme provides food vouchers and e-cards instead of traditional food commodities.
Ending hunger and providing women with equitable food access is the key to fighting gender inequality.
“The situation is devastating,” said Samer Abdeljaber, WFP Palestine Country Director. “We are on the ground doing everything we can."
By providing women with equitable access to food, resources, decision-making and leadership opportunities, we can end gender inequality.
The world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food crisis continues to drive yet more people into worsening levels of severe hunger, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Cash-based assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to keep young students like Issa in the classroom while boosting their families’ health.
WFP began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in Colombo, marking the start of its emergency response in the country as part of the United Nations Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan.
With years of conflict, a severe economic downturn and food prices rising relentlessly since 2020, the Ukraine crisis is exacerbating what was already an alarming food security scenario in Syria.
Over the last four months, Afghanistan has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Jane Ferguson gives a heartbreaking account of her recent visit to Kabul.
In Côte d'Ivoire, WFP works closely with local partners to provide people living with HIV with critical food and nutrition assistance.
For 60 years, the U.N. World Food Programme has worked on the front lines of the world’s worst crises, doing whatever it takes to deliver lifesaving food.
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