KIGALI?¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of over USD 666,000 (approximately RWF 970 million) from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and returnees in Rwanda.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ¨C The Government of Japan, Cambodia¡¯s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today signed a new agreement supporting post conflict recovery, livelihoods restoration, and nutrition assistance for families affected by the 2025 Cambodia¨CThailand border clashes.
CAIRO/PORT SAID, Egypt ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a critical contribution from France to support life saving nutrition assistance for vulnerable families in the Gaza Strip.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of USD5.5 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to help prevent malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women and young children in Ethiopia by improving access to nutritious foods, strengthening local food systems, and building community resilience.
DAKAR, Senegal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that without urgent resources and action, the most vulnerable people in West and Central Africa are headed for yet another dire year. A staggering 55 million people in the region are expected to endure crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the June¨CAugust 2026 lean season. Over 13 million children are also expected to suffer from malnutrition in 2026.
ROME ¡ª As Sudan marks more than 1,000 days of brutal conflict this month, what has become the world¡¯s largest hunger and displacement crisis shows no signs of abating. This comes as the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is struggling to keep life-saving emergency operations running.
DAKAR, Senegal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today launched a regional innovation hub in Dakar to accelerate the development of sustainable, locally-led solutions in addressing hunger and malnutrition in West and Central Africa.
MANILA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and veteran Filipino actor Joel Torre¡¯s restaurant chain JT¡¯s Manukan Grille officially launched ¡°JT¡¯s Meals for the Kids,¡± a partnership that seeks to support schoolchildren and food-insecure families in the Philippines.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN ¨C A three-day learning event on nutrition-sensitive social protection opens today in Islamabad, convened under the Global Task Force on Social Protection for Nutrition. The event is co-hosted by the Governments of Pakistan and Timor-Leste, with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) serving as Secretariat of the Global Task Force and facilitating collaboration among governments and partners.
KAMPALA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 2 million from the Government of France to enhance food security for refugees and improve nutrition for women and children in Uganda.
ABUJA, Nigeria ¨C Growing instability across northern Nigeria, including a surge in attacks, is driving hunger to levels never seen before, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. The warning follows the release of the latest Cadre Harmonis¨¦, a regional food security analysis that classifies the severity of hunger, which found that nearly 35 million people are projected to face severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season, the highest number recorded in Nigeria.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨C The United Nations today warned that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening to deteriorate further unless urgent humanitarian action is mounted.
BISHKEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Kyrgyzstan Republic Ministry of Education and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has launched a three-year project worth US$10 million to boost the health and nutrition of school-aged children.
New hunger analysis reveals record hunger and increased risk of child malnutrition
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ¨C Women, children and displaced families are hardest hit by Haiti¡¯s prolonged crisis, which is driving rising hunger and vulnerability to malnutrition, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. The alert follows the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
New Â鶹ÊÓƵ report shows a 20 percent increase in just four years of the number of children receiving meals in school through domestic programmes; national governments are leading the global expansion, prioritizing children¡¯s well-being.
ROME ¨C Nearly 80 million more children are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2020 ¡ª a 20 percent increase that brings the global total to at least 466 million children, according to the latest edition of The State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship biennial report released today by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
Kabul, Afghanistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Afghanistan welcomes a critical €13 million contribution (US$15 million) from the European Union to support half a million vulnerable people for three months with emergency assistance.
HARARE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of JPY 200 million (approx. US$1.3 million) from the Government of Japan to support 32,000 vulnerable people with nutritious food assistance in Zimbabwe.
Maseru¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of JPY 200 million (approximately US$1.36 million) from the Government of Japan to support the national school feeding programme in Lesotho. Over the next year, this funding will provide nutritious meals to 50,000 pre-primary learners across the country.
KAMPALA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 5 million from the European Union (EU) to support income-generating activities to enhance self-reliance and food security for refugees and host communities in Uganda.
KINSHASA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announces its partnership with rising Congolese music star Sista Becky (Rebecca Kalonji) as a High-Level Supporter, advocating for nutrition and healthy eating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 27, 2025) ¡ª On the heels of World Football Day, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has named Jozy Altidore, renowned Haitian-American professional soccer player and philanthropist, as its newest High-Level Supporter. In this role, Altidore will work to raise awareness and funds for Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency food assistance and nutrition programs around the world, including Haiti, his parents¡¯ homeland.
DHAKA ¨C The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has donated 667 metric tonnes of dates to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has reached more than 6,000 vulnerable mothers and children in flood-affected Bentiu, Unity State, with lifesaving nutrition assistance, thanks to generous funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief).
BISHKEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China, through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), will provide nutritious school meals to more than 100,000 children in the Kyrgyz Republic. This marks CIDCA¡¯s first multilateral initiative in the country and in Central Asia through its Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund.
Juba - More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan¡¯s Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF warned today.
