Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards #ZeroHunger.
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization Worldwidewfp.orgJoined March 2009
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The #GlobalFoodCrisis has not reached its peak - and 2023 could be worse.
👉What's unaffordable today may become unavailable tomorrow, as climate shocks and conflicts disrupt food production.
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Food is more than what we eat. 🍠🧡
In #Kenya, sweet potatoes are empowering women, boosting nutrition, and helping communities adapt to the effects of climate change.
👉 Watch the full story: https://youtu.be/tSKwakjvoro
CRITICAL: Malnutrition is skyrocketing due to the global food crisis.
As many as 60 million children under 5 could be pushed into malnutrition by the end of this year.
Goodwill Ambassador & actor Daniel Brühl met the Arhuaco indigenous people in📍#Colombia.
In LATC, the #ClimateCrisis is 1⃣ of the main causes of #hunger. If emissions are not reduced by the end of the century, 30% of 🌎 food production is at risk📹⤵️
A lot happened in 2022. But these three events will continue to have ripple effects on hunger in 2023.
From #Ukraine to #Pakistan, swipe ⏩ to learn more ⏩
By 2030, there will be 66 tons of #foodwaste per second. ⛔🍲
As you plan to gather around the table with family and friends this ✨holiday season✨, remember YOU can help #StopTheWaste. 🍚💪💛
For half of Afghanistan's population humanitarian aid is a lifeline.
Following a year of unprecedented economic hardship and disasters, families have little left to get through this winter.
We are there to support them, together with
Acute hunger in #BurkinaFaso is on the rise amid conflict and climate extremes.
Half the population of the city of Pama has been displaced, and nearly all those remaining are food insecure.
Despite the challenges, #WFPdelivers lifesaving food through
The root causes behind women's unequal access to food also play a critical role in driving gender-based violence.
WFP's experts in Eastern Africa explain👇 how #gender transformative approaches can create a world where EVERYONE has equal access to food.
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About 70% of Namibia’s population depend on agriculture for their income and livelihood.
The virtual marketplace has so far connected over 100 smallholder farmers to local markets, and will benefit several actors across the food value chain – from farmers to consumers.
WFP is expanding activities to support Haitians in urgent need of support.
Amid deteriorating security, the most vulnerable families have lost access to food, water, education, and health services. Now, catastrophe-levels of hunger have been recorded in #Haiti. Learn more ⬇️
This group of small-scale women farmers in #Niger is planting for the next generation.✨💛
WFP support is helping farmers like Ouma improve the quality of their crops, so they can be used for infant formula 🍼 or sold at market 🌽, and to combat rising malnutrition rates.
& #NGO aid workers & supplies to the #earthquake affected districts in the Eastern Region three times a week for three months.
Thank you - Tashakor - Manana!
#AfghanEarthquake
can provide assistance to newly displaced & vulnerable families.
Attacks in eastern #DRC🇨🇩, have forced more than 188,000 people to flee their homes.
The families receive High-Energy Biscuits (HEB) within days of fleeing the ongoing conflict.🍫
"Because of the solar panels, we have electricity all the time."
🌱 WFP-supported green solutions at schools like this one in #Egypt👇 are helping make sure children can learn without interruption. 📚✏️💚
Milgo and her family are pastoralists in #Ethiopia. But now, after five failed rainy seasons, nearly all their livestock have died.
With WFP support, Milgo can continue to provide for her children.
Understand what's happening ⬇️
🌍 In Kalemie, #DRC, Gloire Asifiwe oversees WFP-supported #SchoolMeals, serving students across 63 schools.
She's among the thousands of WFP staff at the 💛 of our work.
What keeps her going? 🎥👇
Nearly everyone is feeling the impact of high food prices.📈 But what happens when harvests deplete and prices peak?
This summer in #BurkinaFaso, the number of people facing acute hunger increased by more than 80% compared to last year.
Planning your holiday meals? Here's a little reminder about how you can keep #FoodWaste to a minimum.
🍞Buy only what you need
🍲Eat leftovers
🥧Share the food you won’t be able to use with others
We can ALL #StopTheWaste!
As you prepare to share a meal with your family these holidays, why not also share with children in #SouthSudan?
For less than a dollar you can help us provide a hot meal for students impacted by conflict across the country through
Global food prices remain significantly high.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative is a crucial part of the global response to the #FoodCrisis. Since its signing, WFP has moved over 380,000 MT of wheat from Ukraine to our operations in #Ethiopia, #Yemen, #Afghanistan and #Somalia.
Is there a global food shortage? Will there be? The prices of fuel, fertilizers and food are putting the world's most vulnerable at the highest risk.
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, you can raise rice grains and support WFP operations?🍚
With the new Freerice Youth Hub, you can keep learning, playing, and filling bowls this holiday season — and in 2023! 💙
1 in 3 people in #SriLanka is food insecure amid an economic crisis.
Skyrocketing prices, shortages, and income losses pushed nutritious food out of reach for many, like Minabige and her daughter. WFP is working to reach 3.4 million people with food and nutrition support.
will end in April 2023, I will continue to speak up tirelessly for the world's hungry. Millions are depending on us, and we cannot let them down.
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One-year-old Zamira is getting closer to green 💚
In the face of record climate extremes, WFP nutrition assistance has been critical to keep Zamira - and 50,000 other children like her - on the right track in #Pakistan.
This year, extreme hunger rose amid an affordability crisis. Amid climate shocks, conflicts, and a fertilizer crunch, 2023 could see a food availability crisis.