BANGKOK, Thailand ¨C As weather extremes, rising food costs, and overlapping global crises put communities across Asia and the Pacific under growing pressure, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is calling for enhanced investments in national social protection systems to protect food security and nutrition and respond quickly when emergencies strike.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a USD 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea¡¯s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support 47,500 children in Somalia through home-grown school meals and treatment for moderate acute malnutrition.
BETIOKY, Madagascar ¨C The Government of Japan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today inaugurated three solar-powered agricultural hubs under the ¡°Rapid Rural Transformation¡± (RRT) initiative and six Learning and Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Betioky district. The nine facilities are supporting drought-affected communities to produce food, improve children¡¯s nutrition and build resilience to climate shocks.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a timely contribution of JPY 350 million (approximately USD 2.2 million) from the Government of Japan to support lifesaving nutrition assistance for vulnerable women and children in South Sudan.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-Â鶹ÊÓƵ REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
KABUL, Afghanistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing life-saving food and nutrition programmes to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most. Without urgent support, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its partners will be unable to prevent more children from becoming dangerously malnourished, putting lives at risk in the coming months.
YAOUND?, 29 July 2026 ¨C The Government of Cameroon, through the Ministry of Basic Education (MINEDUB), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) signed a EUR 3.6 million contribution agreement under the Cameroon Basic Education Support Project (CAMBESP) to expand home-grown school feeding in the Adamawa, East and Far North regions.
9 July 2026, Islamabad, Pakistan ¨C Pakistan¡¯s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), together with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced a three-year extension of the Benazir Nashonuma Programme to protect an additional 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition across Pakistan.
At the International Social and Behavioral Change Communications Summit, Â鶹ÊÓƵ highlights innovative approaches empowering people to make healthier food choices.
Panama City/Bangkok - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) showcased how integrating social and behavior change approaches across its programs is critical to improving diets and ending hunger at the International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit, held this week.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution from the European Union (EU) of approximately 265 million Sierra Leonean leones (€11.5 million) aimed at strengthening child nutrition and local food systems. More than 25,000 people are expected to benefit from the funding.
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.
Latest IPC analysis warns of deepening acute food insecurity levels, rising malnutrition risks and urgent threats to livelihoods through 2026 in Government-Controlled Areas.
AKOBO, South Sudan - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has scaled-up its emergency response in Akobo East, South Sudan, delivering vital food and nutrition assistance to hundreds of thousands of people facing catastrophic hunger and malnutrition, even as insecurity, infrastructure damage and the onset of the rainy season continue to hamper operations.
Conflict, displacement and restricted humanitarian access leave more than 825,000 children at risk of death from severe malnutrition in 2026
ROME/NEW YORK/PORT SUDAN, 15 May 2026 ¨C The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF warned today that nearly 19.5 million people ¨C two out of every five people in Sudan - are currently facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) across Sudan, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
KABUL, Afghanistan ¨C?Mothers and children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of a surging malnutrition emergency, as converging crises ¡ª economic distress, regional conflict, mass returns from Pakistan and Iran, and deep cuts to humanitarian funding ¡ª overwhelm an already stretched response, warned the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau at the end of a visit to the country.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ¨C A new implementation research study led by Addis Ababa University (AAU), in collaboration with Ethiopia¡¯s Federal Ministry of Health (MOH) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), finds that treating Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) can be effectively integrated into Ethiopia¡¯s Health Extension Program - bringing essential nutrition services closer to children and families.
? 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.
MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) expresses its sincere appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its generous USD 4.5 million contribution through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This support enabled Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide nutrition assistance to more than 180,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Somalia, helping to prevent malnutrition.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia and with financial support from the Government of Japan, today launched a new initiative to improve nutrition among garment factory workers through expanded access to fortified rice.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched a five-year ¡°Sow and Grow¡± project, supported by USD 10 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in partnership with the government of Sri Lanka.
DAKAR ¨C The Embassy of Japan in Dakar and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today have signed a new food assistance agreement worth JPY 200 million (approximately US$1.32 million) to support food and nutrition assistance in Guinea-Bissau.
DHAKA, Bangladesh ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a new contribution of USD $6.7 million (JPY 1.05 billion) from the Government of Japan to support Rohingya refugees and host community smallholder farmers in Cox¡¯s Bazar.
DILI, Timor¨CLeste - The Government of Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (MSSI), and the National Institute of Statistics of Timor-Leste (INETL), has launched a major data-driven initiative to modernize the country¡¯s social protection system and enhance maternal and child nutrition outcomes.
