World Food Programme
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Overview
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
Purpose: In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the past. However, conflict, climate change, displacement, economic shocks and inequality mean 319 million people are acutely hungry and famine looms for 1.9 million. In the Zamzam camp in northern Sudan, famine has already been confirmed.
World Food Programme
- World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations (UN) that provides food assistance worldwide.
- It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization.
- WFP the leading provider of school meals.
- It was founded in 1961
- WFP is headquartered in Rome
- WFP has offices in 87 countries.
How do they work?
- Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of 21,700 staff worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) has a presence in over 120 countries and territories to carry out its mission.
- WFP bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures.
- Work to enhance
- Nutrition in women and children
- Support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses
- Help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks
- Boost human capital through school feeding programmes.
- In conflict situations, WFP bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
Funding of WFP
- Voluntary donations by governments worldwide.
- Contributions from corporations and private donors.
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