Guatemala City, Guatemala ¡ª The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), with the support of the American people through the United States Department of Agriculture¡¯s (USDA) Food for Peace Program, has received a new shipment of food commodities to support communities facing food insecurity in Guatemala, exacerbated by the effects of the El Ni?o phenomenon.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of an USD 800 million direct contribution to Â鶹ÊÓƵ by the U.S. State Department. This critical funding will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.
? Emergency food and nutrition: Â鶹ÊÓƵ will deliver life saving food assistance including fortified and ready-to-use foods to prevent malnutrition amongst the most vulnerable
? School meals expansion: Funding enables Â鶹ÊÓƵ to extend its school meals programme by 100,000 children, primarily in areas of the capital affected by conflict
? Hurricane preparedness: 3,300 metric tonnes of food commodities prepositioned as emergency reserves for 2026 hurricane season
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Through the generous support of the United States Government, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will deliver emergency food assistance to at least 390,000 people over the next 18 months.
ROME, Italy ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has announced Lucy Hale ¡ª world-renowned actress and producer ¡ª as its newest global Goodwill Ambassador. In this role, she will advocate on behalf of the more than 318 million people facing extreme hunger. As the daughter of a Tennessee farmer and a nurse, Hale is a strong advocate for women and children and cares deeply about food security, small-scale farmers, and children¡¯s health and education.
WASHINGTON ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a US$25 million commitment from Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), a nonprofit humanitarian and advocacy organization, to support global efforts to reduce hunger and transform lives through a 5-year partnership with World Food Program USA. The first US$5 million, already authorized, will immediately support Â鶹ÊÓƵ's rapidly scaling operations in Gaza following the ceasefire, providing critical hot meals and other essential, lifesaving resources.??
Amid unprecedented humanitarian needs and funding gaps, Park to raise awareness and mobilize support for millions of families facing hunger around the world
ROME ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced Ashley Park¡ªa Grammy, Tony and Critics Choice award nominated actress, singer and Broadway star known for her global hit Netflix show, Emily in Paris¡ªas its newest Goodwill Ambassador. Park will leverage her voice and platform to advocate on behalf of the more than 300 million people facing severe hunger globally, with a focus on disproportionately impacted women and children.
ABUJA, Nigeria ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes recent contributions from donors since warning that operations would be forced to shut down in July. This includes new funding from the United States of America to support emergency food and nutrition assistance for communities affected by conflict in Northeast Nigeria. The conflict has pushed more than 5 million people into acute hunger, and more than 2.5 million children are malnourished.
NAIROBI: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received US$118 million from the United States Government, through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, to provide life-saving assistance to over 1 million displaced people in Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
WASHINGTON, DC ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced Antoni Porowski¡ªculinary expert from the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series Queer Eye, New York Times bestselling author and executive producer and host of National Geographic¡¯s upcoming docuseries No Taste Like Home¡ªas their newest Goodwill Ambassador.
Tripoli, 4 November - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a donation of US$3.25 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance to support the urgent needs of refugees displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C Amidst a complex humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, a US$ 124 million contribution from USAID¡¯s Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA) in 2024 enabled the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to reach over one million crisis-affected people in Burkina Faso with lifesaving humanitarian assistance.
NEW YORK CITY¨CToday, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of US$ 8 million from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s home-grown school meals programme in Haiti. The announcement came at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 Annual Meeting taking place in New York City, where it was featured as a new CGI Commitment to Action.
LUANDA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of US$900,000 through the United States Agency for International Development¡¯s (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) for its refugee response operation.
MANILA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Innovation Accelerator, launched the first in-country innovation competition in search of local solutions to tackle food insecurity in the Philippines.
TARLAC ¨C Today, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Philippine Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), kicked off the second Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Operations Workshop (DPHOW). This workshop aims to strengthen collaboration among humanitarian actors and enhance the preparedness of disaster management units in the Philippines.
KAMPALA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$11 million from USAID, on behalf of the American people. This additional funding brings USAID¡¯s total support for refugees in Uganda to nearly $83 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2023. The funding provides life-saving unconditional monthly general food assistance to over 1.3 million refugees across 13 settlements in Uganda.
PORT VILA: In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Lola, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), with the support of USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, is working with Vanuatu¡¯s National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to enhance humanitarian response and logistics coordination. This joint effort aims to ensure that people affected by the cyclone receive timely and essential assistance.
Kathmandu ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of $499,951 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for monitoring activities that improve the quality and availability of data about food security, nutrition, and livelihoods in Nepal. Over the next two years, this information will enable public stakeholders to make more effective and data-driven investment decisions to improve food security and community resilience.
NIAMEY ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a much-needed boost in its efforts to provide vital food and nutrition assistance to crisis-affected populations in Niger. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated an additional US$15 million to aid Â鶹ÊÓƵ's mission.
HARARE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes an US$8.7 million contribution from the United States to power its resilience building activities for more than 65,000 people in five food insecure communities for the next six months.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan ¨C The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman joined the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Country Director Adham Musallam in announcing a new US$10 million award to help communities most affected by rising food insecurity in the country.
AWEIL ¨C A contribution of US$288.5 million from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will help to support more than two million of the most food-insecure people in South Sudan with life-saving food and nutrition assistance through the 2023 lean season, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced.
FREETOWN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$3.2 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and development assistance to 68,000 people in Sierra Leone, where four out of five households have irregular access to safe and nutritious food.
COLOMBO, 28 September 2022 ¨C The United States Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain concluded a two-day official visit to the North Western and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka today. Accompanied by the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, Ambassador McCain visited several projects of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Funds to provide critical food and emergency support to 1.6 million people across nine nations
ROME ¨C The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today announced a historic US$32 million donation to World Food Program USA in support of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)¡¯s life-saving operations to combat the global food crisis. During a visit to Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s headquarters in Rome, Bishop L. Todd Budge of the Presiding Bishopric presented the grant to Barron Segar, President and CEO of World Food Program USA, and Ute Klamert, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships and Advocacy.
