WFP is prepositioning 73,000 tons of food items ahead of the approaching rainy season — By Leni Kinzli and Rayyan Elbashier Awatif and her family live in a temporary camp in the town of Al Fao in Gedaref State in eastern Sudan. A mother of nine, heavy rains and flooding forced them and hundreds of other families to abandon their homes and livelihoods and to…

Urban dwellers dependent on the cash economy Tatenda Macheka Nyarai Mugarisi , a 43-year-old mother-of-four, reflects on price increases in recent months. She lives in Chiredzi, a small town in Masvingo province. Nyarai receives cash-based assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) every month which she uses to purchase food…

A market gardening project supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) is empowering refugees and vulnerable people in the Republic of Congo. Cécile Mercier The Republic of Congo has been welcoming Central African refugees since late 2013, when waves of conflict, violence, and destruction began to affect its northern neighbour…

“I can now store food for longer and sell any surplus at the local market when prices are high.” — By Pratibedan Baidya Mohamed is one of over 10,000 farmers in the food insecure Darfur region of western Sudan who are benefiting from the World Food Programme’s (WFP) initiatives to reduce post-harvest losses. It is estimated that over 30 percent of food — the equivalent of about US$4 billion —…

“I miss my home, but I do not feel that it is safe enough to go back. Peace, food and security are my main priorities.” — By JohnPaul Sesonga Joselyne and her six children fled their home in the village of Kirundo in north-east Burundi when violence broke out following elections in 2015. Today, she is one of 38,000 Burundian refugees living in Mahama Camp in south-east Rwanda. “I heard shooting and people screaming,” says Joselyne…

In the face of a severe drought, it’s the only daily meal for many children — By Martin Karimi Asna wants to become a doctor so that she can save people’s lives. The 14-year-old is a student at Kilimani primary school in Isiolo in northern Kenya where the mainly pastoralist communities are suffering from the impact of a severe drought. Isiolo is one of the worst…

A story of endurance Volana Rarivosan Bekily is one of four districts in the Androy region, located in southeastern Madagascar. Agriculture and livestock are the main economic activities practiced by most of its population. In more fruitful times, Bekily produced rice, peanuts and manioc (cassava), which was supplied to markets…

“I am humbled by the determination of people to rebuild shattered lives among continuing violence and horror.” Vanessa Jones- WFP Long before the COVID-19 pandemic changed our office lives, I was already working remotely from Rome for the World Food Programme (WFP) Mozambique country office. What changed for me was…

WFP’s school meals encourage enrollment and increase attendance — By Marwa Awad With the new school year in South Sudan just around the corner, the World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its school feeding programme in over 1,100 schools to reach nearly 600,000 children — including 60,000 refugees. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated two…