Latest News, Data and Stories about Food, Hunger, Nutrition, and Emergency response. Your go-to source for all Info/News WFP.
Email us: wfp.media@wfp.org.
Conflict and displacement in eastern #DRC are fuelling one of the world’s largest hunger crises.
@FAO and @WFP warn that 26.6 million people face crisis levels of food insecurity.
Urgent support is critical to save lives.
🔗 wfp.org/news/wfp-fao-call-ur…
🌍 At today’s @UN press briefing, @BurbanoCarmen highlighted the unprecedented progress revealed in the @WFP State of School Feeding report.
🚸 466 million children now benefit from #SchoolMeals—that’s an 80 million more children in just 4 years. A testament to government leadership & commitment.
📚 Read the report: bit.ly/SOSFReport
🎥 Watch full briefing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1…
School meals aren’t just about food.
They’re shaping nations. 🍎🎒
Funding for these programmes has more than doubled - and 99% now comes from national budgets.
WFP’s Valerie Guarnieri explains why investing in school meals fuels education, health and long-term development. ⤵️
School meals are a national success story - here's why
The State of School Feeding Worldwide 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 is 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
The report tracks progress of the @SchoolMeals_ Coalition collective goal: to ensure that every schoolchild globally receives a daily, healthy meal by 2030.
Download report tinyurl.com/25evs76b#SchoolMeal
𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟
🔵#Afghanistan - WFP rushes food assistance to quake-hit communities
🔵#Gaza - families turn to desperate measures to survive as famine grips
🔵#Airdops - Can life-saving food fall from the sky?
Read these and more stories 🔗bit.ly/3I2SlQG
🇭🇹@WFP Country Director/Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. @WanjaKaaria today welcomed @UNReliefChief to Port-au-Prince.
As 6M people need humanitarian assistance and more than half the population is going hungry, this visit brings global attention and support to Haitians in need.
#AfghanistanEarthquake - WFP is on the ground with emergency food assistance, but resources are running out fast.
We urgently need support to keep going.
Multiple earthquakes in eastern #Afghanistan have turned once-beautiful villages to rubble. Survivors have lost everything and have nowhere to go.
WFP is on the ground with emergency food assistance — but resources are running out fast. We urgently need support to keep going.
More aid has entered #Gaza recently—but it’s nowhere near enough.
I spoke with @NPR about the challenges that @WFP faces to deliver at scale and the solutions we need to overcome them:
The tragic earthquake in #Afghanistan could not have come at a worse time for people in the country.
WFP is on the ground delivering vital food assistance. But as crises overlap, funding is urgently needed to scale up life-saving aid.
WFP's John Aylieff explains ⤵️
🆕- @WFP_Sudan welcomes the decision to extend the opening of the Adre Border until end of December 2025.
Why it matters⤵️
🔴The Adre border is a key humanitarian corridor into Darfur and Kordofan, where communities face extreme levels of hunger.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
We welcome the decision for the Adre border to remain open until end of 2025.
This is a crucial humanitarian corridor into Darfur and Kordofan, where communities face extreme levels of hunger.
WFP has been able to deliver food & nutrition aid to millions via this route.
SUDAN - Crisis on top of crisis in Sudan after a devastating landslide in Jebel Marra, #Darfur.
🚩WFP is doing everything possible to send aid, but the area is largely cut off by floods.
#landslide2025#KeepEyesOnSudan
Crisis on top of crisis in Sudan after a devastating landslide in Jebel Marra, #Darfur.
WFP is doing everything possible to send aid, but the area is largely cut off by floods.
Across #Sudan, heavy rains and flooding are making it even harder to deliver vital supplies.
Half of South Sudan's population is facing severe hunger.
A humanitarian catastrophe is looming as 2.3 million children are acutely malnourished.
@WFP is working to treat and prevent malnutrition in children & mothers, reaching them wherever they are.
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 - WFP is setting up warehouses to accelerate the logistics response, and the @WFP_UNHAS is ready to fly essential cargo closer to areas hit hard by #AfghanistanEarthquake.
WFP Deputy Country Director in Afghanistan, Harald Mannhardt, speaks to @bbcworldservice on WFP's response and the tough challenges of getting aid to those hit by the #AfghanistanEarthquake
Watch the interview🎧
#PakistanFloods2025 - An aerial view shows Punjab still underwater.
⭕Floods have left a trail of devastation
⭕890,000 hectares of farmland lost
⭕homes and livelihoods destroyed.
An aerial view shows Punjab still underwater.
Floods have devastated 🇵🇰, destroying homes & livelihoods & flooding 890,000 hectares of farmland.
This is the reality of the climate crisis - urgent investment is needed to help communities adjust.
@WFPAsiaPacific@UNinPak
🚨 Breaking: A second earthquake has hit eastern #Afghanistan this evening—just two days after the first.
Communities still recovering from the initial shock now face renewed devastation and growing humanitarian need.
🔴 #AfghanistanEarthquake Update: WFP has begun distributing high-energy biscuits to hundreds of families affected by the recent earthquake.
For many, it’s the first meal since the quake.
#PakistanFloods - Floods are wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods. More than 2 million people affected.
The UN is working alongside the Government of Pakistan and partners to support affected communities.
In Pakistan🇵🇰, floods are wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods.
Punjab province is facing its worst flooding in decades, with nearly 2 million people affected.
As rivers rise further, urgent support is needed to reach families before conditions worsen.
#PakistanFloods2025