Dec 3, 2024 · The United Nations 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 …

We are 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.

Dec 3, 2024 · To address this urgent issue, UNICEF, WFP and WHO are leveraging their unique mandates and expertise to launch a joint effort for research and action to support the prevention, detection and management of child wasting in humanitarian contexts.

Almost 690 million people around the world went hungry in 2019. High costs and low affordability also mean billions cannot eat healthily or nutritiously. As progress in fighting hunger stalls, the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vulnerabilities and inadequacies of global food systems.

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 ]

Nov 7, 2024 · In this Strategy (2024 – 2030) WFP lays out its vision to reduce malnutrition during humanitarian emergencies; increase the consumption of healthy, nutritious diets among those most at risk of malnutrition; strengthen national nutrition systems and capacities; and influence social norms to support healthy, nutritious diets.

through actions in food supply chains; (3) healthy food environments for children through public sector policies; (4) healthy food environments where children live, learn, eat, play and meet; and (5) improved food and feeding practices for children. Working with the health system: UNICEF works with health systems to protect, promote and support

WFP’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025) considers the challenges ahead for food security and the wider implications and aims to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and...

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.

Jun 25, 2024 · As the World Food Programme (WFP) marked its 60th year, our mission of ending hunger had never been more urgent nor more challenging. More than 300 million people faced acute hunger in 2023 because of new and protracted conflicts, the global climate crisis, economic aftershocks of COVID-19, and food and energy price inflation.