📣School meal programmes are powerful investments in futures.

Today School Meals Coalition & International Parliamentary Network for Education launch a global first-of-its-kind #SchoolMealsToolkit for parliamentarians to accelerate the delivery of quality school meals programmes.

Access it here🔗ipned.org

In the past month, World Food Programme supported 300,000+ people with food in #Darfur , including 40,000 in El Fasher, which was previously hard to access. Today, rising violence is restricting humanitarian aid once again.

We must be able to reach those who need us most in #Sudan .

The risk of mass starvation in #Sudan is imminent. The situation is catastrophic, and we're desperately concerned about where this is headed. Urgent action is needed to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

I spoke with The Economist about the #Sudan Crisis 👇
economist.com/middle-east-an…

Stark figures from Global Report on Food Crises, showing growing levels of hunger and conflict remaining the highest driver.

Tacking root causes and working to prevent conflict is essential to breaking cycles of hunger.

🇭🇹𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢 |🗨️'It's a serious humanitarian crisis.'
⭕Displacement
⭕Economic Collapse
⭕Inflation
⭕Disruption to trade

WFP's Carl Skau describes to the BBC's Sumi Somaskanda, how people in are coping and the challenges of getting aid in. #Haiti

📺Watch Interview

Food is being used as a weapon of war.

Millions are starving to death.

Iran is supplying drones to keep the conflict going & bring more death.

This is not Gaza or Ukraine - but Sudan.

The war the world chooses to ignore.

Do not ingnore this.

📺Tune in now to hear World Food Programme Sudan Deputy Country Director Khalid Osman give evidence on #Sudan to International Development Committee Sarah Champion ⬇️

🔗parliamentlive.tv/event/index/53…

⏰Today 14:30 BST - World Food Programme Sudan Deputy Country Director Khalid Osman will update UK International Development Committee Sarah Champion on #Sudan .

With the conflict risking triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis, this session comes at a critical time.

Watch here📺🔗parliamentlive.tv/event/index/53…

A timely urgent question on the crisis in #Sudan which is quickly becoming the world's largest hunger crisis.

Thank you to Lyn Brown 🌹 & Vicky Ford MP for raising important questions around humanitarian access and how the UK can strengthen its engagement to end the violence.

As troubled by the hunger I saw during my Haiti visit, as inspired I was by its rebellious history & strength of Haitians. They need more international support to overcome this complex crisis. World Food Programme 5-star team staying & delivering food, cash & school meals to some 500k ppl/month.

Happy #EarthDay ! 🌍🌎🌏

A Zero Hunger world starts with environmental sustainability. From our headquarters to our global operations, WFP is committed to reducing the use of natural resources and giving a new life to waste.💚

Just returned from a 2-day visit to #London , following the Paris pledging event for #Sudan . I had the opportunity to discuss the dire humanitarian situation & highlight how World Food Programme is tackling the crisis.

Sustained support from our donors in the coming months is crucial!

Grateful to WFP Regional Director Michael Dunford for making time to come to London this week to highlight the needs in Sudan & region.

A year of conflict has created the largest humanitarian crisis for decades - 25M people affected. #Sudan can’t be forgotten, it demands attention.

Brilliant news that World Food Programme's Chef Advocate here in the UK, Asma Khan, has been named in the #TIME100 most influential list for 2024.

Great to see her pioneering, inspiring approach to life and work recognised alongside movie stars and politicians. Go Asma!
time.com/6964956/asma-k…

📢'18M people in Sudan are acutely hungry, 5M of those are in emergency levels of hunger. The next step is a catastrophe.'

World Food Programme Regional Director Michael Dunford updated BBC Newshour's Rebecca Kesby💙 on the pressing need for a ceasefire in #Sudan .
In full🔗bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…

Sudan's war risks triggering the world's largest hunger crisis across the region. Humanitarian need is growing, yet conflict makes delivering assistance at scale impossible.

Thank you Vicky Ford MP APPG for Sudan & South Sudan Chair, for keeping attention on this forgotten crisis.

Today World Food Programme Regional Director for East Africa Michael Dunford took part in the APPG for Sudan and South Sudan's 'One Year on: Reflections on the Conflict in Sudan' event alongside passionate voices for peace in the region.

The message is clear, #Sudan can't be forgotten.

Drought, conflict and rising inflation are putting #Ethiopia at risk of slipping into a humanitarian catastrophe.

World Food Programme is grateful to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP for supporting critical nutrition programmes in Ethiopia.

In Geneva for the #Ethiopia High-Level Pledging Event. With our revamped program World Food Programme has reached over 3 million people hit by acute food insecurity due to conflict & climate change. More funding needed to sustain & scale up aid, and invest in efforts to break the cycle of needs.

Gaza has the largest number of people facing potential famine 'in the world today', warns a senior World Food Programme official.

Matthew Hollingworth, who was in Gaza last week, tells #R4Today it's more than half a million people and 'more has to be done'.