Baghdad, Iraq ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a generous contribution of $15 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Iraq to strengthen the capacities of local governments, address water scarcity, and enhance the resilience of rural and agricultural communities suffering from climate-related challenges across Iraq.
Dushanbe ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$10 million contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea, which will support activities aiming at improving sustainable agricultural production in Tajikistan.
ALGIERS ¨C This month, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the European Union (EU) mark one year of the multi-annual partnership between the two organisations that helped Â鶹ÊÓƵ provide monthly food assistance to those most vulnerable Sahrawi refugees in Algeria.
KABUL ¨C Over the past nine months, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Afghanistan supported more than 260,000 vulnerable people or 37,000 families with emergency food assistance thanks to a contribution of US$3.2 million from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF) managed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) of Saudi Arabia.
Chisinau ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$5 million from the Government of the Republic of Korea to support the agency¡¯s refugee response in the Republic of Moldova.
DILI: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) marked its 25th anniversary of operations in Timor-Leste this week. The last 25 years have underscored Â鶹ÊÓƵ's evolution from providing emergency humanitarian assistance to fostering long-term development, nutrition, food security and social protection initiatives, in support of the government¡¯s efforts to achieve Zero Hunger in Timor-Leste.
ROME - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes 12 million euros from the Government of Italy that will help provide desperately needed food supplies for families in Gaza who have been displaced multiple times and are struggling to survive in makeshift conditions and intense heat.
KYIV ¨C The Government of Finland generously contributed €2 million to the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), which will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s complementary cash assistance to pensioners living in regions near the frontline.
LUANDA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of US$ 1.65 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The funding, part of a US$ 3 million allocation from CERF, will allow Â鶹ÊÓƵ to scale-up its humanitarian response to communities affected by the El Ni?o-fuelled drought in southern Angola.
1 in 11 people worldwide faced hunger in 2023, 1 in 5 in Africa
Rio de Janeiro ¨C Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies.
Islamabad - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$ 9.8 million climate risk management initiative aimed at strengthening resilience to extreme climate in flood-prone districts in Pakistan¡¯s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, to be implemented by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan.
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.
COLOMBO ¨C To strengthen Sri Lanka¡¯s preparedness for climate-related emergencies, the U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development¡¯s (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), donated vital equipment to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) via the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
MAPUTO ¨C In partnership with the Government of Mozambique, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is implementing a US$ 3.3 million project, funded by the Government of Norway, to strengthen climate change-adaptive food systems and expand school feeding programmes in the provinces of Inhambane and Gaza, southern Mozambique.
MUNICH: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has announced a call for applications for its Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme, supported by the Adaptation Fund. The US $10 million initiative, part of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) partnership, will run for the next five years and invites applications from ventures with climate innovation solutions that are operational in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, or those that can be scaled in these countries, to apply for a grant by 4 August 2024. The grants, up to US$ 200,000 each, will support locally driven ventures that are affordable, inclusive and tailored to specific regional challenges.
KINGSTOWN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has kicked off distributions of emergency food assistance to people severely affected by Hurricane Beryl on the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
N¡¯DJAMENA ¨C The Government of Chad ¨C with support from Â鶹ÊÓƵ, the World Bank and other partners - has launched its national emergency response plan to meet the immediate food and nutrition needs of one million of the most vulnerable people across eight provinces during the June-August lean season - when food is scarce and hunger peaks in between harvests.
Vientiane ¨C Germany through its Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has signed an agreement with Lao PDR¡¯s Ministry of Education and Sports to support the country's largest social safety net, the school meals programme. This initiative, in partnership with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) aims to reduce rural poverty by supporting local agriculture in supplying food to schools. This support is part of the Accelerating School Meals project, a contribution of EUR 22 million from BMZ to Â鶹ÊÓƵ for a five-year (2023 ¨C 2028) period to Lao PDR, Sierra Leone and the School Feeding Trust Fund.
DHAKA ¨C In support of the government-led response to Cyclone Remal, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has been assisting affected communities through its cash-for-work programme to bolster their recovery and rebuilding efforts.
LOME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a US$2 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to populations hardest hit by the spill-over of the Sahel conflict in northern Togo.
BRIDGETOWN ¨C As the Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is on standby to join regional and national response efforts. This first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to significantly impact multiple countries in the eastern Caribbean.
DHAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh.
DILI¨C Starting today, the Government of Timor-Leste, supported by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), will provide food assistance to over 18,000 people affected by the impact of El Ni?o for the next three months. This initiative, led by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, the Civil Protection Authority and Inclusion, and other line ministries, will also distribute Super Cereal, a specialised nutritious food, to pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition.
