New strategic shift aims to move beyond emergency response to community-based prevention efforts.
Kabul, Afghanistan ¨C UNICEF and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today launch a joint action plan to stop child wasting in Afghanistan, marking a decisive shift towards integrated, prevention-focused programming that reinforces the importance of maternal nutrition, local food solutions and the convergence of facility and community-based services. Above all, it reflects a renewed ambition to not only treat but also stop wasting by addressing its root causes and delivering results at scale for the most vulnerable children.
GAZA, Palestine ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) continues to bring convoys of food aid into Gaza virtually every day but dire operating conditions prevent the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed to push back escalating starvation. At the same time, increasing lawlessness inside the territory is hindering supplies from reaching the most vulnerable people.
KABUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding activities in Afghanistan. With this contribution, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will procure over 1,200 metric tons of fortified biscuits, which will cover school meals for 200,000 girls and boys in primary schools for three months.
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.
The population in El Fasher faces starvation and humanitarian needs continue to escalate as access to the besieged city has been cut off despite Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s scale up across Sudan
PORT SUDAN, Sudan ¨C One year since famine was first confirmed in Sudan¡¯s Zamzam camp in North Darfur, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that the families trapped inside the besieged state capital, El Fasher, face starvation. The city is cut off from humanitarian access leaving the remaining population with little choice but to fend for survival with whatever limited supplies are left.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS ¨C Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean are food insecure, according to the latest Food Security and Livelihoods Survey by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In 2025, 30 percent of Caribbean people reported eating less than usual; which is in line with the trend over the last 4 years arising from increased food costs that accompanied global geopolitical factors.
BUJUMBURA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to 18,000 people affected by floods and droughts in Burundi.
ALGIERS ¨C The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to Sahrawi refugees in Algeria through sustained funding for the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), enabling the delivery of vital food assistance to over 133,000 vulnerable people each month. This month marks the second year of the multi-year partnership that provides €5 million annually to address one of the world¡¯s most protracted refugee crises.
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.
NEW YORK/ROME ¨C Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.
YANGON, MYANMAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution from the People¡¯s Republic of China to deliver emergency food assistance to 320,000 people in communities devastated by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar in March this year.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes the news that Israel is prepared to implement humanitarian pauses, and that designated humanitarian corridors will be created, to facilitate the safe movement of UN convoys delivering emergency food supplies and other aid to people in Gaza.
WINDHOEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in collaboration with partner organisations, has successfully wrapped up a critical a nine-month emergency response in support of the Government of Namibia¡¯s Emergency Drought Response Plan to the El Ni?o-induced drought.
ABUJA, Nigeria ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria at the end of July. This is due to critical funding shortfalls which come at a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has reached over two million people with life-saving assistance in South Sudan so far this year. However, a severe funding shortfall threatens ongoing support, placing millions at risk of losing aid.
Below is an update on food security and Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations in South Sudan, including a quote from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Skau, who recently returned from South Sudan:
Dubai, UAE - July 21, 2025: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), through its award-winning ShareTheMeal app, has partnered with Careem, a leading multi-service app in the Middle East, to launch a donation campaign across Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The initiative enables Careem users to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency food assistance efforts in Gaza and the West Bank directly through the Careem app.
ADEN, Yemen ¨C The Government of Japan has contributed US$2 million (approximately 300 million Japanese Yen) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), enabling life-saving food assistance at a time when millions in Yemen face deepening hunger.
On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck Â鶹ÊÓƵ convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza.
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Around 200 participants from 18 countries, including government ministers, representatives of civil society, international financial institutions, and the United Nations, are meeting in San Pedro Sula from 15-17 July for a key forum to strengthen commitments to school feeding programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Government of Pakistan and the Green Climate Fund, launched the Integrated Climate Risk Management for Strengthened Resilience to Climate project today through an inception workshop in Islamabad.
JORDAN¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Jordan has welcomed a new contribution of GBP 5.5 million (US$7.43 million) from the United Kingdom¡¯s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support its food assistance programme for refugees in camps and communities across the country.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of 23,268 metric tons of rice from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea, valued at US$18 million, to support the food needs of refugees in Kenya.
MAPUTO - The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), in partnership with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), has delivered 23 metric tonnes of premium Saudi dates to support more than 100,000 vulnerable women, children, and families in northern Mozambique who are suffering from the impacts of conflict and displacement.
