Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 🇺🇳🌾🍛 The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards
#ZeroHunger
.
1️⃣ year of brutal conflict in
#Sudan
has brought the country to its knees.
Now, it's impact on the region risks triggering the world's largest hunger crisis.
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In a country with shrinking opportunities for women to make a living, this WFP supported fortified biscuit factory is almost exclusively run by women!
Faeza is one of the women who make the fortified biscuits that help feed millions of schoolchildren across
#Afghanistan
.💙
🌱 Building resilient
#FoodSystems
is crucial for any community, but it's key for those hit by crises.
WFP works to construct stable, sustainable, and inclusive food systems around the world.
Rushini in
#SriLanka
explains ⤵️
How can we avoid
#famine
? Arif Husain
@WFPChiefEcon
explains ⤵️
Learn more about extreme hunger in today's world and what we must do before catastrophe hits:
With
@UN_News_Centre
Yasmeen and her children are residing in an UNRWA shelter after being displaced from
#Gaza
City.
"When I heard airstrikes for the first time in the south, I rushed downstairs to the playground. The thought of losing one of my children is unbearable."
Yasmeen's family heavily…
WFP urgently requires unrestricted access to deliver assistance across the
#Darfur
region, says WFP's
@micdunford
.
As clashes in
#Sudan
's El Fasher intensify and the lean season sets in, people are resorting to consuming grass and peanut shells.
Conflict is driving displacement & hunger to record levels in eastern DRC. GBV is rampant. Humanitarian needs outstrip resources, forcing dire choices on women and girls.
@iascc
is calling on the world’s leaders to step up. The people of DRC deserve better.
#𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻 | Intensifying clashes in 𝗘𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 are hindering efforts to deliver vital food assistance.
The situation is exacerbating critical humanitarian needs in
#Darfur
, where at least 1.7 million people are already experiencing emergency levels of hunger.
WFP Innovation Day brought together global innovators to drive forward progress and partnership for innovation.
At WFP Innovation Day, we learned 4 steps that any organization can follow to integrate more innovation into its work culture.
Read more:
Over the last decade, the number of refugees in
#Uganda
has increased 4X as people seek safety amid conflicts and crises.
WFP supports refugees like Patience with immediate food assistance and pathways to self-reliance.
Peace 🕊️ and food security 🌽 go hand-in-hand.
I was just in Dar’a Al-Balad
#Syria
, where many people told me
@WFP
's assistance was a lifeline and a source of hope - now for many it's gone. A lack of funds forced WFP to reduce assistance from 6m to 3m to 1m people across Syria. We urgently need funds to restore the lifeline.
No child should go to school hungry.
In
#Afghanistan
, WFP reaches over 700,000 girls and boys every morning with highly nutritious snacks that help them stay active and learn better.
📍FLOODS IN EASTERN AFRICA
🔺So far, WFP plans to reach 214,000 people with food and nutrition support
🔺WFP cash grants are ensuring families in
#Somalia
can act before flooding occurs
🔺WFP is working with governments and providing critical logistics services
WFP works to promote STRONGER and more INCLUSIVE food systems by:
🟢Investing locally
🟢Supporting smallholder harvest management
🟢And bolstering community resilience to shocks
We cannot reach
#ZeroHunger
without strong
#FoodSystems
🚜🌱👩🌾🥦🚚🛒🥗
After months of restricted access to northern
#Gaza
,
@WFP
reached Beit Hanoun, to set up storage space for aid.
WFP Supply Chain ensures that lifesaving assistance reaches those in need around the clock, reversing months of starvation.
📣 Access needs to be sustained.
🍍✨ From its collection on the farm, to its packaging and shipping to school, follow this pineapple's journey ⤵️
The WFP-supported school meals programme in
#Guatemala
connects farmers to opportunities while providing children with locally-sourced good nutrition.
#FoodSystems
WFP teams are on the ground supporting communities around the world to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster.
Because a world without hunger is a dream we all share.
#ZeroHunger
From the heart of an
@UNRWA
school in central
#Gaza
, where children & their families shelter from the raging war.
This is what the humanitarian community, when given access, can do for the people of
#Gaza
.
This has to be sustained.
@WFP
@WCKitchen
@IHHen