We bring life-saving relief in emergencies and use food assistance to build peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

The World Food Programme [a] (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the leading provider of school meals. [ 4 ]

We bring life-saving relief in emergencies and use food assistance to build peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

Jan 21, 2025 · World Food Programme (WFP), organization established in 1961 by the United Nations to help alleviate world hunger. In 2020 the WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger, for bettering conditions for peace, and for helping to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war.

Oct 9, 2020 · The World Food Programme was set up in 1961, at the behest of US President Dwight Eisenhower, initially as a three-year experiment, to assess the effectiveness of emergency food aid delivery...

The World Food Programme aims to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. It is the world’s largest humanitarian agency. Every year, the programme feeds almost 80 million people in around 75...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been on the frontlines of the world’s worst hunger crises, fighting hunger and famine since 1962. This year, we’re aiming to provide lifesaving meals to 140 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in …

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) is an annual flagship report jointly prepared by four UN agencies. Every year, it monitors and analyses the...

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.