CARACAS - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is expanding its school meals programme to include hot meals prepared with fresh food and served to 16,000 school children and staff in over one hundred schools in Falc¨®n state, Venezuela.
ROME/KHARTOUM ¨C?The explosion of violence in Sudan has the potential to plunge millions more into hunger. The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has been forced to call a temporary halt to operations providing life-saving food and cash assistance in a country where a third of the population already struggles to get enough food to eat.
NEW DELHI: The Government of India recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for the delivery of humanitarian assistance comprising 10,000 mt of wheat for the people of Afghanistan reeling from the effects of the acute food crisis in the country. The agreement was signed in Mumbai between Mr. J. P. Singh, Joint Secretary, PAI Division, Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, and Ms. Elisabeth Faure, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Representative and Country Director in India.
DAKAR ¨C Acute food insecurity is on track to reach a 10-year high in West and Central Africa by June of this year - a new study shows - with a worrying expansion of food insecurity into coastal countries, and catastrophic levels of hunger hitting conflict-affected areas of Burkina Faso and Mali where humanitarian assistance is severely hindered by insecurity.
Baghdad ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Iraq's Ministry of Environment held a three-day national consultation event aimed at enhancing the country's climate adaptation efforts.
HODEIDA, Yemen ¨C A UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ-chartered vessel berthed today in Al Salif port in Hodeidah, carrying 30,000 metric tons of wheat grain to support humanitarian assistance in Yemen.
GOMA ¨C The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has introduced a new fleet of orange-painted helicopters as part of efforts to improve safety of operations in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - where millions need life-saving humanitarian support.
ROME ¨C I am appalled and heartbroken by the tragic deaths of three Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees on Saturday 15 April in violence in Kabkabiya, North Darfur while carrying out their life saving duties on the front lines of the global hunger crisis. Two Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees were also injured in the same incident. We have informed the families of these dedicated team members and stand with them and our entire Â鶹ÊÓƵ family at this time of catastrophe.
N'DJAMENA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today that Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be forced to make additional cuts to already dwindling food assistance to refugees in April and may face a complete suspension of assistance in May 2023 - without immediate and sustained funding.
LOM? ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is ramping up its emergency food assistance to more than 30,000 people affected by the spill over of the Sahel armed conflict in the Savanes region in northern Togo ¨C including refugees, internally displaced people (IDP) and members of the host community.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$ 1.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to more than 52,000 people affected by the conflict in northern Mozambique.
ROME - Cindy H. McCain joins the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ as the new Executive Director today, warning that the world is facing an unparalleled food crisis that requires the Rome-based agency to urgently raise more resources, innovate further, and develop ambitious new partnerships.
KHARTOUM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving food assistance to hundreds of thousands of refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Sudan.
KABUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$5 million contribution from the Government of Japan towards its emergency response in Afghanistan. This latest funding comes at a critical time when Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been forced to reduce lifesaving assistance in March for at least 4 million people due to a lack of funds and 9 million people could go without food aid in April if no new funding is received.
KINSHASA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed an additional US$1.5 million from Government of Japan as part of its emergency support to ongoing food assistance activities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of France to support innovative home-grown school feeding activities in Chikwawa and Nsanje districts ¨C two of the worst cyclone-affected districts in southern Malawi.
SUVA: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)-operated Pacific Humanitarian Air Service transported 15 metric tonnes of critical relief assistance to Port Vila, bolstering the government-led response in Vanuatu after twin cyclones and earthquakes ravaged the country.
BISHKEK ¨C Thanks to financial support from the Government of Switzerland, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of the Kyrgyz Republic have established two automated gabion net production workshops in two regions of the country.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a new contribution of US$ 900,000 from the Government of Japan to support 200,000 refugees with life-saving food assistance in Tanzania.
CAIRO ¨C As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region celebrates the beginning of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, it is experiencing a deepening food security crisis due to the combination of high food inflation and collapsing currencies. This is affecting millions of people across the region, particularly those living in countries already facing conflict and instability.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Social Affairs of Lebanon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their collaboration on building and strengthening the government-owned and Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported social assistance systems for almost 142,000 Lebanese families. The memorandum aims to enhance the Ministry¡¯s capacity in managing social safety nets in the country.
PORT AU PRINCE ¨C Haitians remain desperate for access to basics including food as a deepening crisis pushes more and more people into hunger. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis reveals a steady increase in the number of acutely hungry people in Haiti ¨C with nearly half the population of Haiti or 4.9 million people now struggling to feed themselves.
BLANTYRE ¨C Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country, worsening levels of food insecurity as families struggle to meet their food needs.
