WFP food reaches key Sudan city in bid to stop famine spreading. Story | 23 January 2025

WFP is the largest humanitarian organization implementing school- meals programmes worldwide, with over 50 years’ experience in this area. In 2023, WFP transferred food to over 100 million people.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has a presence in over 120 countries and territories. We bring life-saving assistance in emergencies and support sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger.

Jan 23, 2025 · In December 2023, WFP lost access to Wad Madani – once a major humanitarian hub from which we supported 800,000 people a month. Now WFP is seizing the opportunity of a recent shift in the conflict's front lines, to resume life-saving food assistance.

Dec 17, 2024 · PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food assistance to more than 800,000 people in famine and famine risk areas across war-torn Sudan since recently launching a large-scale surge in food aid.

Every year, WFP assists millions of people left displaced, homeless or deprived of basic resources by conflict, climate-related disasters, pandemics or other catastrophic events. We provide emergency relief to people whose lives and/or livelihoods are under threat, including through food and cash.

How WFP is addressing a hunger crisis caused by conflict, climate shocks including recurrent floods, and an economic crisis. Conflict continues to spread across Sudan, with over 20 months of war leading to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world and the only famine confirmation worldwide since 2017.

Created in 1961 as an experiment to provide food aid through the UN system, WFP was to be reassessed within three years. As crises multiplied, the experiment proved its worth. Today, WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency saving lives and changing lives.

How WFP supports a country where food affordability, quality and safety remain pressing challenges, while malnutrition continues to pose a major health concern. With a growing population of more than 106 million, Egypt is the most populous country in North Africa and the Arab world, and an influential geopolitical actor in the region.

Jan 15, 2025 · To make a meaningful impact on the food security of people in Gaza, WFP needs the international community to scale up funding. WFP can send around 1,600 trucks of food (30,200 tons) each month to facilitate distributions for over 1 million people.