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WFP requires us$16.9 billion in 2025 to respond to unrelenting humanitarian needs

Hunger is nearing levels that were last seen during the global food crisis sparked by the pandemic. ROME —The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its 2025 Global Outlook, calling for US$16.9 billion to address global food needs and the alarming gap between needs and resources. WFP's flagship 2025 Global Outlook, launched today, shows that 343 million people across 74 countries are acutely food insecure, a 10 per cent increase from last year and just shy of the record hit during the pandemic. The country contexts in which WFP operates are becoming more complex, making reaching people in need more difficult and costly. A stream of global crises ......Read More

Friday, November 22, 2024

TikTok LIVE MENA and UN World Food Programme Amplify 'ShareTheMeal', to Help Provide Meals to Childr ...

The “Meals of Hope” campaign on TikTok LIVE leveraged live features to encourage the community to donate Dubai, United Arab Emirates - As part of its mission to drive positive change, TikTok LIVE MENA has joined forces with ShareTheMeal, the official fundraising platform of the UN World Food Programme (WFP). TikTok LIVE MENA’s campaign, “Meals of Hope”, which took place on TikTok LIVE on November 3rd, encouraged viewers to learn more about ShareTheMeal’s efforts to provide meals to vulnerable children and families around the world through engaging content from creators and community interaction. It promoted the message that ......Read More

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

New un report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside ...

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories ROME – Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East – coupled with climate and economic stressors - is pushing millions of people to the brink. The report spotlights the regional fallout from the crisis in Gaza which has seen Lebanon engulfed in conflict and warns that the La Niña weather pattern could impact climates through March 2025, threatening fragile food systems in already ......Read More

Friday, November 1, 2024

Wfp welcomes us$25 million grant from ksrelief for its operations in yemen

JEDDAH – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$25 million contribution from Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to support its life-saving operations in Yemen over the next year. The agreement was signed by WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau and H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Adviser to the Royal Court and ......Read More

Saturday, October 26, 2024
New gaza food security assessment sees famine risk persisting amid ongoing fighting and restricted a ...

JERUSALEM – The risk of famine will persist throughout Gaza this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches families, according to a new food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. Twelve months of fighting have decimated livelihoods, drastically reduced food production and severely restricted both commercial and humanitarian supply lines, the report said. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) snapshot – released today – projects that over the coming months 1.95 million people in Gaza (91 percent of the population) will face acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or worse). The IPC, which uses global, scientific ......Read More

Friday, October 18, 2024

New Hunger Data From Gaza Shows Continued Famine Risk Amid Ongoing Fighting and Restricted Aid Opera ...

Shot: 15-17Oct2024/29Sep2024 Gaza, Jerusalem TRT: 5:17 :00-:18 GV’s Kahn Younis The city of Kahn Younis had a population of more than 200,000 before the conflict started last year. Khan Younis has been reduced to rubble. Streets and buildings have been destroyed. There is no infrastructure. Most families face displacement and hunger. Khan Younis Shot: 29Sep24 :18-:32 Nutrition testing at clinic New IPC data indicates the risk of Famine persists across the whole Gaza Strip. Given the recent surge in hostilities, there are growing concerns that this worst-case scenario may materialize. The population classified in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) is expected ......Read More

Friday, October 18, 2024

Urgent humanitarian response needed amidst escalating conflict in Lebanon – WFP and UNICEF

Statement attributable to UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban and WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau BEIRUT, 15 October 2024 – "During a three-day visit to Lebanon, we witnessed the devastation and sensed people's fear and confusion. For them, the future remains uncertain as long as their country is under fire. The war that the world wanted to avoid in Lebanon is now happening and has already triggered a catastrophe. "We visited shelters and informal tented settlements, engaged with affected communities and met with government officials and civil society partners who are working around the clock to respond to the needs. Each person had a story ......Read More

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Critical Food Aid Lifelines into Northern Gaza Severed

JERUSALEM - The UN World Food Programme today warned that escalating violence in northern Gaza is having a disastrous impact on food security for thousands of Palestinian families, noting that the main crossings into the north have been closed and no food aid has entered since 1 October.  Food distribution points, as well as kitchens and bakeries in North Gaza, have been forced to shut down due to airstrikes, military ground operations and evacuation orders. The only functioning bakery in North Gaza, supported by WFP, caught fire after being hit by an explosive munition.  “The north is basically cut off and we’re not able to operate ......Read More

Sunday, October 13, 2024
WFP Alarmed at Spreading Regional Displacement Crises in Middle East

Shot: 1-8Oct2024 Lebanon, Syria TRT: 3:44 :00-:06 - Damaged building in Saida, Lebanon Shot:5Oct24 :06-:24 - Convoy of Humanitarian Aid Moving from Beirut to Tyre Highway 51, Lebanon Shot: 5Oct24 :24-:40 - Offloading WFP food parcels in Tyre Tyre, Lebanon Shot: 5Oct24 :40-1:08 - SOT Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Lebanon Country Director (English) "We're delivering 1100 food parcels, food ration boxes along with bread from the World Food Programme, but also critically needed water, sanitation, and hygiene materials from our friends at UNICEF. We're delivering here to the Lebanese Red Cross. One of our critical partners, providing humanitarian ......Read More

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

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