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Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 🇺🇳🌾🍛 The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards #ZeroHunger.
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Nearly 4 million women and children from drought-affected parts of Ethiopia need nutrition assistance. Watch as Loko, a mother of seven, explains👇
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In a country where 2.8 million children are out of school, every day these ⤵️ students attend class is a huge win.💛 Since introducing WFP school meals, attendance among girls at this school in #SouthSudan doubled.📚🍚💪
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"We saved canned food. I try to eat less, but if I don't eat enough, I won't be able to give the children the care they need." In #Ukraine, families like Iryna's are grappling with the risks of winter. WFP delivers essential assistance to around 3 million Ukrainians every month.
Iryna poses in her kitchen in Odesa, Ukraine with some of her daughters and grandchildren. She is the primary breadwinner in her household but lost her job due to the war. The family receives WFP food assistance each month. WFP/Anastasiia Honcharuk
Anya, 6, and Denis, 3 live in Odesa, Ukraine. Their grandmother, Iryna, lost her job due to the war, making it harder to buy the food the family needs. They receive WFP food assistance every month. WFP/Anastasiia Honcharuk
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"When you’re alive, there’s hope." Marie Jeanne was recently uprooted by conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo #DRC. WFP cash assistance helps her keep food on the table and invest in restarting her small business. bit.ly/3YnDT8d
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#SouthSudan is one of the most rapidly warming areas in the world. The country’s wetlands, known as the Sudd, have expanded threefold since 2019. ⬇️Displaced farmer Machar explains more⬇️
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Just received the sad news that my friend Kaka of Rwanda earned her angel wings today. Rich in faith and joy, she loved her neighbors as her equals, gave whole-heartedly & never expected anything in return. Today we celebrate 100+ years of a life well-lived. Rest easy, my friend.
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For people like Nyamiele, the climate crisis is all too real. Did you know unprecedented flooding in #SouthSudan has overtaken vast swaths of the country? It's submerged homes, destroyed livelihoods, and is making hunger worse.
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Food is a key ingredient for hope🕊️, health⚕️, home🏡 and so much more. For the millions of people WFP reaches every year, it's the foundation for a full and dignified life. What does food mean to you? 💭
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Like 1 million other people in #Somalia, Malyun was driven from her home by the ongoing drought. WFP mobile cash assistance is helping families like hers gain control of their lives again.💛💰📲
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"We fled. I had a small business, but now I can't do anything." Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo #DRC has devastating effects on people's lives and ability to forge futures. Pascaline is among the thousands recently uprooted and receiving WFP emergency support.
Pascaline feeds her daughter a high-energy biscuit from WFP, after arriving at a displacement camp in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. WFP's top priority is to reach conflict-affected women and children in DRC.  WFP/Michael Castofas
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It's a fact: daily school meals enable ALL children to learn and perform better ✏️🧠 Leonidas, a student in #Burundi, explains 💪🧑‍🏫⬇️
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Ouy Heng is from Cambodia 🇰🇭. She is 14 and attends grade 6 at the Bos Thom school, near the capital Siem Reap. Through WFP's school feeding programme, Heng can eat a hot meal every day, so she can focus 📚✍️🏼 on mathematics rather than on an empty stomach.
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📍On the ground in Kasai Central, #DRC ⬇️Here WFP is working to reach thousands of young children and mothers amid a dire food and nutrition crisis, with support from donors like .
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ALARMING: 12 million people in #Syria can't afford to eat – that's half the country. Food & fuel prices are skyrocketing. Inflation is soaring. These families can’t cope anymore. After 12 years of war & utter devastation, the Syrian people deserve HOPE and a chance at survival!
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Rapid rural transformation 🌱💚 This new initiative in #Madagascar is connecting the communities most at risk to the impacts of climate disasters with better natural resource management + opportunities to diversify livelihoods.
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"The situation tears me apart." Rose is one of thousands of people in #Haiti receiving WFP cash assistance. Amid a worsening crisis, WFP enables them to access the things they need now, so they can continue building a more resilient future.
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