Pauses In Syrian Fighting During Harvest Vital To Meet Country’s Food Needs...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Syria so farmers can safely harvest and transport crops...
View ArticleWFP Executive Director Visits Saudi Arabia, Meets King Salman Bin Abdulaziz...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) JEDDAH - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, concluded a one-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after...
View ArticleWFP 72-Hour Campaign #ADollarALifeline Brings In Dollars And Support For...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - In the first 24 hours, the United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) unprecedented campaign raises $21.5 million for Syrian refugees. On Monday, WFP...
View ArticleWFP Forced To Suspend Syrian Refugee Food Assistance, Warns Of Terrible...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it has been forced to suspend a critical programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7...
View ArticleWFP Avoids Suspension Of Food Assistance For Syrian Refugees, Thanks To U.S....
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) WFP Avoids Suspension Of Food Assistance For Syrian Refugees, Thanks To U.S. Contribution AMMAN - Concerned that it might have to suspend food assistance for nearly...
View ArticleAs Hunger Grips Syrian Families, European Commission Boosts Support For WFP...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) BRUSSELS - As half the population of Syria struggle to meet their food needs, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of €30 million...
View ArticleUS Government Helps WFP Continue Food Assistance To Millions Of Syrians With...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) US Government Helps WFP Continue Food Assistance To Millions Of Syrians With US$125 Million Contribution AMMAN- The United States government has confirmed a...
View ArticleWFP Launches Plan To Assist Syrians Affected By Conflict In 2015 (WFP - World...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) In 2015, WFP will keep focusing on life-saving food assistance inside Syria like the nutrition products given to ten-year-old Omar. Photo: WFP/Dina Elkassaby BERLIN...
View ArticleUS$ 1 Million From Dubai’s International Humanitarian City Helps WFP Feed...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) DUBAI - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today thanked the UAE's International Humanitarian City (IHC) for its US$ 1 million contribution that helped...
View ArticleWFP Forced To Make Deeper Cuts In Food Assistance For Syrian Refugees Due To...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced to implement deeper cuts in food assistance for vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon and...
View ArticleJapan Supports WFP Food Assistance For Communities Affected By Syria Crisis...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$15.39 million from the Government of Japan towards its emergency food...
View ArticleEuropean Union’s Continued Generosity Helps WFP Feed Millions Of Displaced...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - On behalf of millions of Syrians affected by the protracted crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed another generous contribution...
View ArticleGermany’s Pledge Allows WFP To Restore Full Support To Syrian Refugees In...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - Thanks to a generous and timely pledge from Germany, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reinstated the full value of the electronic food...
View ArticleJapan Donates US$10 Million To Support WFP Food Assistance In Yemen (WFP -...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) SANA'A - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$10 million from the Government of Japan for emergency food assistance to...
View ArticleJapan Contribution Helps WFP Support Displaced Iraqis And Syrian Refugees In...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) BAGHDAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$6 million from the Government of Japan towards its emergency food assistance...
View ArticleU.S. Wheat Shipment Arrives In Yemen Port To Help WFP Provide Critical Food...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) SANA'A - A shipment of wheat from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - sufficient for nearly 2 million people for two months - berthed...
View ArticleUSAID’s Food For Peace Provides US$41 Million To Help WFP Support Displaced...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) BAGHDAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Iraq has welcomed a contribution of US$41 million from the Government of the United States to provide...
View ArticleWFP Welcomes Substantial And Timely Assistance To Refugees From The Kingdom...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous and timely contribution of US$104 million to assist refugees sheltering in countries...
View ArticleWFP Launches Cash Cards For Displaced Families And Syrian Refugees In Iraq...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) WFP SCOPE card. Photo: WFP/Mohammed Albahbahani BAGHDAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a digital cash card programme to provide food...
View ArticleWFP Warns Of Deepening Hunger In Southern Yemen City Of Taiz (WFP - World...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Photo: WFP Photo Archive SANA'A - The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) is deeply concerned about the dire food security situation in the city of Taiz in...
View ArticleWFP Introduces Iris Scan Technology To Provide Food Assistance To Syrian...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Hana Heraaki, a Syrian refugee in Zaatari camp, looks into the iris scan camera. Copyright: WFP/Shada Moghraby AMMAN - The World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership...
View ArticleGerman Federal Minister Meets Syrian Refugees Buying Food At WFP Shop In...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) BEIRUT - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday welcomed Dr. Gerd Müller, Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, to...
View ArticleWFP Launches WiFi System Connecting Syrian Refugees In Northern Iraqi Camp...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ERBIL - The World Food Programme (WFP) today launched an innovative project that provides wireless internet access to Syrian refugees living in Domiz refugee camp...
View ArticleKuwait Continues To Support WFP’s Humanitarian Operations In Syria (WFP -...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Dubai - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$6 million from the Government of Kuwait to support WFP's humanitarian...
View ArticleWFP Sends Convoys Into Yemen City Of Taiz To Avert Looming Humanitarian...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) SANA'A - Two convoys of assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have arrived in the central Yemeni city of Taiz with badly needed food...
View ArticleWFP Airlifts Bring Humanitarian Lifeline To Families In Northeast Syria (WFP...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) DAMASCUS - The first UN World Food Programme (WFP) flight carrying food to families cut off from humanitarian supplies in Al Hassakeh Governorate landed Saturday...
View ArticleWFP Alarmed At Growing Rates Of Hunger And Malnutrition In War-Torn Yemen...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) In the photo: Ahmed, 3 years old, receives treatment for moderate acute malnutrition in a hospital in Hajjah. Copyright: WFP/Abeer Etefa SANA'A - The World Food...
View ArticleWFP Launches Innovative Cash Assistance Programme In Darfur, Supported By UK...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) NYALA/KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed senior UK officials to a new cash assistance programme in Nyala's Otash Camp in South...
View ArticleEU Supports Refugees In Turkey Through Innovative Nationwide Cash Programme...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Before the New Year, some of the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey received EU cash assistance to help cover their basic needs. WFP is working with the European...
View ArticleRecord German Funding To WFP Delivers Lifeline To Syrians, Boosts Global Zero...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) German support for WFP in Syria and the region is making a difference for millions affected by the crisis. In Lebanon, more than half a million Syrian refugees...
View ArticleSyrian Farmers In Tartous Revive Tomato Harvest With Support From WFP And FAO...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) DAMASCUS - Syrian farmers in the country's western coastal governorate of Tartous, formerly among the world's top producers of tomatoes, have started their first...
View ArticleWFP Reaches Besieged Town In Northern Syria With Food Assistance (WFP - World...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, in northern Ar-Raqqa governorate, for the first time in eight...
View ArticleWFP Executive Director Calls On International Community To Stand By The...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME/KUWAIT CITY - The United Nation World Food Programme is extremely grateful to the State of Kuwait for its very generous support to food assistance operations...
View ArticleEU & WFP VISIT GROUND-BREAKING SCHOOL FEEDING PROJECT TO STOP CHILD LABOUR IN...
(Source: Delegation of the European Union to Egypt) European Union 17 June 2015 Joint News Release Enhancing Access of Children to Education and Fighting Child Labour EU & WFP VISIT GROUND-BREAKING...
View ArticleWFP 72 Hour Syria Appeal Joins Forces With Music Industry Leader...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME - As support continues to flow in to help feed Syrian refugees, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is taking its unprecedented social media campaign...
View ArticleWFP Resumes Food Assistance To Syrian Refugees As Fundraising Drive Exceeds...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) GENEVA/ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it is reinstating food assistance to Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries...
View ArticleWFP Launches Food Voucher Programme For Families In Yemen (WFP - World Food...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Yemeni women collect food vouchers in presence of WFP Representative and Country Director in Yemen, Purnima Kashyap (pictured right). Copyright: WFP/Fares Khoailed...
View ArticleWFP Warns Of A Growing Food Crisis In Yemen Amid Challenges In Reaching...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) WFP Warns Of A Growing Food Crisis In Yemen Amid Challenges In Reaching People And Shortage Of Funding SANA'A/ADEN - Seeing first-hand the challenges facing...
View ArticleWFP Reaches Four Besieged Syrian Towns For First Time Since April (WFP -...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) WFP sent 45 trucks carrying food rations and wheat flour to the four towns as part of a joint UN-SARC convoy. Photo: © WFP/Hussam Alsaleh DAMASCUS - The United...
View ArticleWFP Scales Up Food Assistance In Ukraine To People Displaced And Trapped By...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) KIEV - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency operation in eastern Ukraine to feed close to 190,000 vulnerable people displaced...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme Provides Food To Syrians Fleeing Aleppo Fighting (WFP -...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) A cross-border convoy moves food aid into northern Syria (May 2014). Copyright/WFP Hani Al Homsh DAMASCUS - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has...
View ArticleEU & WFP Visit Ground-Breaking School Feeding Project To Stop Child Labour In...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Ambassador James Moran, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, distributes WFP nutritious snacks to school children. Copyright: WFP/Pedro Gomes Enhancing...
View ArticleWFP Distributes Food In Aden But Warns Of Challenges Of Reaching Hungry...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) SANA'A/AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme and partners are distributing food for 105,000 displaced people in the Yemeni city of Aden over the next few...
View ArticleStudents Celebrate As School Meals Resume In Sudan’s Blue Nile State (WFP -...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) DAMAZIN - Following a more than five-year hiatus, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) resumed its school meals programme in Sudan's Blue Nile State this...
View ArticleAs Yemen Food Crisis Deteriorates, UN Agencies Appeal For Urgent Assistance...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Joint UN assessment has found that more than seven million people in Yemen are in need of emergency food assistance. Photo: WFP/Ammar Bamatraf Joint assessment...
View ArticleThe EU Supports WFP Logistics Operations In Yemen (WFP - World Food Programme)
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) SANA'A - The European Commission's Directorate for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) has contributed €2.3 million (approximately US$2.5 million) to...
View ArticleSevere Food Insecurity Widespread In Yemen (WFP - World Food Programme)
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Food distribution in Hajjah. Photo: WFP/Asmaa Waguih Situation expected to deteriorate if fighting continues - over half of the population living in crisis...
View ArticleSyria Food Production At All-Time Low (WFP - World Food Programme)
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) Samra Obeid is internally displaced from Aleppo and earns a living by working on a farm in Tartous. Following a brutal winter storm that destroyed the farm, WFP and...
View ArticleKuwait Hosts WFP Photo Exhibition On Partnership To Assist Syrians In Crisis...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) KUWAIT - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the State of Kuwait today inaugurated a photo exhibition highlighting WFP's assistance to Syrians...
View ArticleRace against time to save millions of lives in Yemen
Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen AMMAN/SANA'A, 25 April 2017- The continuing violence in Yemen is fuelling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly 7 million people...
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