UN News - UN humanitarians have reached nearly two million Ukrainians whose lives have been impacted by Russia’s ongoing invasion with multi-purpose cash assistance in just the first three months of 2023, the UN Spokesperson said. Stéphane Dujarric described the direct transfer of money, mostly to
UN News - Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency amid “unprecedented” global hunger fuelled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. WFP estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face
UN News - Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 - the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published. Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food
The number of people estimated to be facing moderate to severe levels of food insecurity in the English-speaking Caribbean has risen by an alarming 46 per cent over the last six months. Nearly 4.1 million people or 57 per cent of the population, now face
UN News - The first vessel transporting Ukrainian wheat grain to support humanitarian operations run by the World Food Programme (WFP) has left the port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, the UN agency reported on Tuesday. The MV Brave Commander departed with 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat grain
UN News - A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The facility is a partnership between the UN agency, the Barbadian Government, and the Caribbean
UN News - For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according to a new report launched by the UN food relief agency. A joint report published by the World Food Programme (WFP), Migration Policy Institute (MPI), and Civic Data Design Lab at the
UN News - UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems - coinciding with the start of World Food Week - which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year. In a video
