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.

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.

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.

Every role at WFP contributes to our mission of ending hunger and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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.

Nov 7, 2024 · The Strategy sets out how WFP will optimise opportunities to integrate nutrition activities and objectives across its global operations; use data, evidence, and analytics to make most effective use of resources; and work in partnership to support sustainable solutions.

How is WFP helping to achieve the SDGs? SDG 2: Zero hunger. SDG 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been committed to ending …

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.

May 16, 2023 · Working with governments, WFP’s risk-informed and integrated programmes help to support access to food for households and communities by addressing the root causes of vulnerability.