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Solving Gender Inequality Starts With Ending Hunger: How Equitable Food Access Can Empower Women’s Rights

March 6, 2024

Ending hunger and providing women with equitable food access is the key to fighting gender inequality.

2023 Impact Report: How WFP Is Meeting the Global Hunger Crisis

January 12, 2024

The latest World Food Program USA Statement of Impact summarizes key events from 2023. The report highlights how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Our Year in Review: World Food Program USA’s Top 10 Moments of 2023

January 9, 2024

2023 was a year of immense growth and progress for World Food Program USA. Our teams worked tirelessly to spur support for the United Nations

Fall Impact Report: An Update on WFP’s Response to the Global Hunger Crisis

October 5, 2023

World Food Program USA’s Fall 2023 Impact Report provides a snapshot of the global hunger crisis and how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

The Effects of Child Nutrition on Academic Performance: How School Meals Can Break the Cycle of Poverty

September 21, 2023

Nutritious food is essential not only for a child’s healthy growth, but for their academic performance as well. For impoverished families around the world, school meals help keep children in the classroom rather than working at home or entering early marriages. Children can then continue their education and secure a future for themselves, their families and communities.

Almost Half of Schoolchildren Get Free Meals but the Most Vulnerable Still Miss out Amidst Global Food Crisis

March 23, 2023

At a time when 345 million people face crisis levels of hunger, school meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households.

How to Empower Women Through Food Opportunities

March 16, 2023

By providing women with equitable access to food, resources, decision-making and leadership opportunities, we can end gender inequality.

World Food Program USA’s Top Advocacy and Policy Moments of 2022

February 2, 2023

Let’s take a look back at what our Public Policy team and supporters accomplished together in 2022.

World Food Program USA Commends House Passage of Resolution Supporting the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program

December 14, 2022

WFP USA commends the passage of a House bill “expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to building on the 20 years of success” of the McGovern-Dole Program.