WFP Ramps up Deliveries of Vital Food Assistance to Drought and Conflict-Affected Areas of Ethiopia

Since late 2023, WFP has activated more robust delivery mechanisms for its operations in Ethiopia, a significant step in assuring the delivery of critical food assistance to the hungriest populations affected by drought, flooding and conflict.

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The Worst Is yet to Come: Severe Floods Ravage Eastern Africa, Threatening More Hunger

Devastating floods threaten to worsen hunger across Eastern Africa as heavy rains lash a region that less than a year ago was in the grips of drought, warns WFP.

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What’s WFP Doing at COP28?

WFP is at COP28 to call for urgent climate action to protect those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

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Is There a Global Food Shortage? What’s Causing Hunger, Famine and Rising Food Costs Around the World

Conflict, economic shocks, climate change and soaring prices for food and fertilizer are all combining in a perfect storm to create a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions. Right now, in some of the hungriest places around the world, there just isn’t enough food to feed the population. Does that mean there is a global food shortage?

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World Food Program USA and the Zoetis Foundation: Advancing Climate Resiliency to Support Thriving Farmer Livelihoods

In its continued commitment to advance farmer livelihoods around the world, the Zoetis Foundation supports World Food Program USA in helping WFP address food insecurity in Ethiopia and Kenya. 

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From Drought to Floods: Climate Extremes Drive Somalia Hunger Crisis

Climate extremes will keep hunger in Somalia at record highs, warned WFP today, as deadly floods sweep the country, devastating deeply food-insecure communities who are still battling to recover from the country’s longest recorded drought.

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WFP Chief and COP28 President Call for Urgent Climate Action to Reduce Rising Humanitarian Needs

Today, Cindy McCain, the executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP28), called for urgent action to scale up climate action in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

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Climate Crisis Drives Malnutrition in South Sudan to Unprecedented Levels in Flood-Affected Areas, WFP Warns

Children in flood-affected parts of South Sudan are expected to face extreme levels of malnutrition in the first half of 2024 as the climate crisis tightens its grip on the country, WFP warned today.

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Lessons in Resilience: A Letter From Our President Barron Segar

Resilience is at the heart of all WFP programs. WFP USA President and CEO Barron Segar looks back on how humanity’s resilience was tested by multiple overlapping crises in 2022 and how WFP USA responded.

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Tech Meets Purpose: Google.org and World Food Program USA’s Joint Mission for a Zero Hunger World

We sat down with Alex Diaz, Google.org’s Senior Manager of AI for Social Good, to learn how artificial intelligence, innovation, and anticipatory actions are paving the way for a Zero Hunger world.

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WFP Prepares Response as Tropical Storm Franklin Bears Down on the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Tropical Storm Franklin is bringing heavy rains, floods, storm surges and strong winds. The U.N. World Food Programme is prepositioning food in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti for the most vulnerable communities in the storm's path.

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122 Million More People Pushed Into Hunger Since 2019, Reveals UN Report

The 2023 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report reveals that conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and extreme weather have pushed 122 million more people into hunger since 2019.

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