Our engineers are critically important in emergency response. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, another country where conflict and hunger fuel one another, WFP is also helping to contain an ebola outbreak by providing food and logistical services.

Our response can include a combination of food, cash, nutrition supplements and school feeding. Northeastern Nigeria and South Sudan are among other countries where WFP is assisting those affected by violence and insecurity. Our largest emergency response is currently in Yemen, with ongoing conflict causing one of the world’s worst hunger crises, while in Syria we are assisting millions of people displaced by the ongoing civil war. Two-thirds of WFP’s work is in conflict-affected countries, where people are three times more likely to be undernourished than elsewhere. We coordinate responses to large-scale emergencies on behalf of the wider humanitarian community, as the lead agency of the Logistics Cluster and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, and we co-lead the Food Security Cluster. WFP manages complex emergencies where communities are hungry, homeless or without any source of income. WFP is the first on the scene in an emergency, providing food and other assistance to the victims of conflict, drought, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, crop failures and pandemics.Īt the same time, we focus on sustainable development, promoting long-term change by working in partnership with national governments. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030.

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