Lolita Hernando is one of the women in Lanao del Norte, one of the conflict-affected provinces in Mindanao. Her family has benefited from WFP assistance through a School Feeding Programme in partnership with the Department of Education and a livelihood project in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She is 44 years old and has 7 children. She was displaced in 2008 during an upsurge in conflict, but has returned to her original home. We followed her for a day to see what has been keeping her busy lately!

Originally posted from Philippines: A Day In The Life Of Lolita Hernando

How is the current hunger crisis in the Sahel impacting levels of malnutrition in the region? And what is WFP doing in response? In this Q&A, our West Africa team of nutritionists explain what’s happening and what we’re doing.

Originally posted from The Malnutrition Threat In The Sahel

Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis infection in the world. Nutritional support is essential in enabling patients to take-up treatment and improving treatment success.

Originally posted from World TB Day: Treating Tuberculosis, One Meal at a Time

WFP today paid tribute to staffers who showed exceptional dedication last year as they dealt with dramatic humanitarian emergencies in Libya, Sudan, the Horn of Africa and Japan.

Originally posted from WFP Honours Exceptional Staff in Libya, Sudan, Kenya and Japan

Parlez-vous français? Are you one of the 116 million people currently studying French? Looking to brush up on your French geography? If so, then listen up!

Originally posted from French Language Celebrated On FreeRice

What would happen if moms across the globe sat down to discuss how together we can empower women to have healthier lives?
 
Here at WFP we believe that empowering women is the first step to a world free from hunger. Which is why this past International Women’s Day (IWD) we worked with the One Campaign to connect some of today’s beloved mom bloggers with one of our leading voices, WFP Niger Country Director Denise Brown.
 

Originally posted from From Niger to Washington: An International Women’s Day Conversation Between Moms

The World Food Programme is committed to ensuring that vital food assistance reaches the hungry in Somalia.  We know that the vast majority of our food assistance reaches the hundreds of thousands  of hungry people who depend on it every day in Mogadishu.  Across Somalia, more than one million people rely on WFP food assistance each month.

Originally posted from WFP Committed To Ensuring Food Assistance Reaches Hungry In Somalia

In late 2011, WFP in Yemen began transferring cash to the poorest families in the Hajjah and Ibb governorates benefiting around 70,000 people in total who make up the 10,000 households targeted in these areas. WFP food monitor Ali Al-Homeidy visited the governorate of Hajjah where he met with family heads colleting their vouchers from at Yemeni post office.

Originally posted from Transferring Cash in Yemen to Help Poorest Households

In late 2011, WFP in Yemen began transferring cash to the poorest families in the Hajjah and Ibb governorates benefiting around 70,000 people in total who make up the 10,000 households targeted in these areas. WFP food monitor Ali Al-Homeidy visited the governorate of Hajjah where he met with family heads colleting their vouchers from at Yemeni post office.

Originally posted from Transferring Cash in Yemen to Help Poorest Households

Nearly a billion people go to bed hungry every night. But what would it take to put a stop to this? At WFP, we believe hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. 

Originally posted from Hunger: The World’s Greatest Solvable Problem