Smallholder farmers are highly vulnerable to hunger. Through programmes, innovations, policy and technical support we are helping those most at risk to become climate resilient and food secure. WFP is working with governments, international partners, researchers and local communities to analyse and understand the impacts of climate change. School feeding provides children with the calories they need to fuel their learning, gives parents strong incentive to keep them in school, and helps build the human capital countries need to reach their development potential.Īs the number of people who do not have enough to eat worldwide far exceeds WFP’s capacity to provide assistance, we work with governments to ensure this can be done through national systems, including social protection schemes.Ĭlimate change is increasing the frequency of climate-related disasters, creating greater risks of hunger and the breakdown of food systems. WFP works with partners to deliver school-based health and nutrition services. Our programmes include distributing specialized nutritious foods, fortifying staples, designing and implementing school feeding, and enabling dietary diversification. WFP works with governments and partners to help vulnerable groups, such as women, children and people receiving treatment for HIV and tuberculosis, access nutritious diets.
WFP helps the most vulnerable people strengthen their capacities to absorb, adapt and transform in the face of shocks and long-term stressors.Ĭhronic malnutrition has profound, long-term effects on health and life prospects. WFP’s long experience in humanitarian and development contexts has positioned the organization well to support resilience building in order to improve food security and nutrition. These cash transfers give people more choice, protect them from financial exploitation, and support the local economy. In places where food is available but unaffordable, we give vulnerable people cash or vouchers to buy nutritious ingredients. WFP distributes food in areas where it is scarce. We also review our response together with impartial assessors to inform and improve our future work.
When the situation has stabilized, WFP either withdraws staff and other resources, or implements longer-term programmes that protect and improve people’s livelihoods. We provide food, ideally buying it locally, or opt for cash assistance where local markets are functioning.Īn emergency may last a few months or several years. We provide communities with food, cash or a combination of both, depending on the emergency context and people’s urgent needs. We work with government agencies, local authorities, emergency partners and, above all, the affected communities themselves to identify places and people in most need, using innovative methods including geospatial technology. We also call upon the Logistics, Telecommunications and Food Security clusters to ensure the humanitarian community’s needs are fully covered. We organize WFP and partners’ supplies and staff to be shipped via the UN Humanitarian Air Service and network of UN Humanitarian Response Depots. When an emergency strikes, we use the information at hand to organize our response and launch our operation, rapidly deploying skilled emergency personnel and working with hundreds of partners, including sister UN agencies and local NGOs. WFP is continuously scanning the world for potential risks to vulnerable populations. We provide life-saving support to people at risk of going hungry, and we coordinate the response of the global humanitarian community to large-scale emergencies. WFP is one of the first agencies on the ground in global emergencies caused by conflict, climate shocks, pandemics and other disasters.
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