Special Interest: Emergency Response
“The situation is devastating,” said Samer Abdeljaber, WFP Palestine Country Director. “We are on the ground doing everything we can."
WFP calls on all parties to uphold the principles of humanitarian law to safeguard the lives and well-being of civilians, including access to food.
WFP has worked in Afghanistan since 1963, providing food assistance and resilience support to vulnerable communities impacted by conflict, natural disasters and economic instability.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing desperately needed food assistance to more than 5,000 families displaced by massive flooding in Libya.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on the ground responding to the floods in Libya and assisting affected families.
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.
WFP is gearing up for a large-scale emergency response to Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to make landfall this Sunday in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
WFP warns that an additional 2.5 million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing violence in the country. This would take acute hunger in Sudan to record levels.
Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country.
The devastating earthquakes that hit Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria affected 18 million people. We break down your frequently asked questions about this disaster and make it easy for you to help the survivors.
WFP has stepped up its emergency response to support nearly half a million people in Syria and Türkiye affected by the devastating earthquake.
WFP has delivered urgently needed food assistance to 115,000 people in Syria and Türkiye in the first four days since deadly earthquakes struck the region.