Canadian account of the United Nations World Food Programme, Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize | Compte Canadien du Programme Alimentaire Mondial 🇨🇦
A world where everyone, everywhere has enough food to grow and thrive is the foundation for global stability.✨
As world leaders come together at
#UNGA79
,
@WFP
's message is clear:
#hunger
is a global crisis we can't afford to ignore. 🌍🌿
#OurCommonFuture
In Venezuela,
@WFP
is supporting women in rural & coastal areas to recover their livelihoods🌟
Supported by
@UNCERF
, programmes include:
🍲Food assistance
🎣Trainings in fishing & fish preservation
🍞Bakery workshops
💰entrepreneurship & finance workshops
#GenderEqualityWeek
As the conflict in
#Lebanon
escalates, WFP is on the ground delivering vital food assistance to displaced families.
Over 53,000 people assisted since Monday with ready to eat rations, bread, and hot meals.
Follow ➡️
@WFP_Lebanon
for regular updates from our teams on the ground.
📍
#Somalia
: The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis reveals 3.6M people are currently experiencing crisis-levels of hunger (IPC3+).
@FAO
,
@UNOCHA
,
@UNICEF
,
@WFP
are deeply concerned about the grim food security outlook.
🔗
"No one’s harvested enough. And there’s nowhere to run to."
As communities across Southern Africa reel from
#ElNi
ño, 68M people are facing food insecurity.
Climate action is obtainable - and urgent.
#UNGA79
🔗Read:
#Lebanon
:
🔴WFP has reached more than 46,000 newly displaced people with food assistance
🔴We’re also distributing fresh bread produced daily by WFP-contracted bakeries
We stand ready to assist up to 1 million people with cash, food, ready-to-eat rations & hot meals.
As part of our emergency response, we’re loading and dispatching food parcels to displaced people impacted by the escalating conflict, with the collaboration of the Lebanese government and support from our partners and donors.
WFP is deeply concerned about the evolving situation in
#Lebanon
.
We are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with the government to understand where people are being displaced so we can respond effectively and in a timely manner.
❗️The region is near breaking
1.5 million people across
#Sudan
either face famine or are at risk of famine.
@WFP
is supporting the country's famine-hit Zamzam camp with vital food assistance this week as it faces a race against time to save lives.
WFP's
@LKinzli
explains➡️
🍲🥦🍐 Nutritious food is a basic right, not a luxury.
But with global food prices at crisis levels, vulnerable people around the world are priced out if a healthy diet.
It’s time to end the injustice of food insecurity.
#UNGA79
"With each passing year extreme climate events are becoming the new normal.”
As floods across the🌏exacerbate the ongoing crises & threaten food security,
@WFP
is calling for urgent investments to protect those most affected.
Read▶️
As world leaders gather for
#UNGA79
, and as the threat of a wider regional escalation looms,
@WFPChief
and other Principals renew the demand for an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Every dollar invested in
#SchoolMeals
programmes provides up to $9 in improved health, education, and productivity.
Through its work,
@WFP
helps influence the quality of life, access to education, and nutritional status of more than 100M children.
🔗
La sécurité alimentaire & nutritionnelle est essentielle à la stabilité mondiale et au progrès.
Mais le monde est confronté à des niveaux de faim alarmants + l’écart entre besoins humanitaires et financements disponibles se creuse
Agissons maintenant
#UNGA79
Thanks to WFP’s ‘Women in Value Chain’ programme, Chitra, a smallholder farmer, now runs a successful small business selling vegetables & chicken eggs 🥦🥚
Thanks to the collaboration between
@WFP
& the Nepali Government, she’s paving her own success 🌟
#GenderEqualityWeek
As we confront unprecedented global challenges—from intensifying conflicts to climate shocks—
@WFP
is reaching over 150M people in need of food & hope. World leaders must prioritize political solutions to end conflicts, protect humanitarians & ensure no one is left behind.
#UNGA79
The biggest moment on the diplomatic calendar is here. 🤝
WFP is at
#UNGA79
with a clear message: food security and sufficient nutrition for all is the linchpin to socio-economic stability, sustainable progress – and hope for a better future.
#DYK
: More than 50% of the people
@WFP
serves are women and girls! 👩👧
Gender equality is a must for a world of zero hunger; where all women, men, girls and boys can exercise their human rights, including the right to adequate food.
#GenderEqualityWeek
Food is a pathway to peace.
@WFP
leverages food security efforts in the communities we serve to create opportunities for peace.🌱🤝
By supporting activities that build trust, respect, solidarity & equal opportunity, we help communities thrive together.
#PeaceDay
#UNGA79
Conflict drives hunger, and hunger can fuel conflicts. 🌍🍽️
To break this cycle,
@WFP
takes a conflict-sensitive approach to our operations, designing programs that not only fight hunger but also support peace at the community level.
#PeaceDay
#UNGA79
“Every storm, every flood is a stark reminder of the human cost of climate inaction,” says
@WFPAsiaPacific
's John Aylieff.
🌀Asia’s most powerful storm this year
#TyphoonYagi
is causing flooding in
#Myanmar
#Laos
#Bangladesh
.
@WFP
is on the ground delivering food & cash ⬇️