Cindy H. McCain joins the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as the new Executive Director today. She warns that the world faces an unparalleled food crisis that requires the Rome-based agency to urgently raise more resources.
At a time when 345 million people face crisis levels of hunger, school meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households.
Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country.
By providing women with equitable access to food, resources, decision-making and leadership opportunities, we can end gender inequality.
WFP calls for an increase in humanitarian assistance for Syria as its people grapple with the devastating impact of recent earthquakes and a 12-year-long conflict.
This International Women’s Day, FAO, IFAD and WFP push to enhance rural women and girls’ digital capabilities so they can be equal contributors to our agrifood systems.
WFP USA has made a $1 million grant in support of WFP’s Rapid Rural Transformation programs across southern Madagascar.
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.
WFP is on the ground responding to the devastating impact of the two earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria on Monday. Our food assistance has been underway since Tuesday with plans to reach half a million people in both countries.
