World Food Programme
@WFP
Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 🇺🇳🌾🍛 The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards #ZeroHunger.
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Food systems have an enormous impact on our natural environment.
To protect our planet 🌏 and achieve #ZeroHunger , we need a global food system that is more productive, more inclusive, more resilient, and able to deliver healthy, nutritious diets to all.
🌍This #WorldEarthDay , spotlighting 🇹🇯 Tajikistan - a country battling climate change & where innovative World Food Programme programmes are transforming lives.
🥬Sharifamoh has doubled her harvest using green technologies, empowering her community.
📹Watch full video👇
📣 The rising temperatures and #ClimateChange are affecting farmers in #Iraq .
🎥 On #Earthday , find out how برنامج الأغذية العالمي في العراق supports farmers with drip irrigation systems to beat the draught, and cultivate diverse crops throughout the year.
Happy #EarthDay 🌍from Nsele, DRC 🇨🇩
The #RRT project, supported by World Food Programme, is powering progress with clean energy, sustainable farming🌾& access to water💧It also includes agricultural training to over 40 women farmers, driving positive change for the environment & community 🤝
Resilience in action! 🌱
World Food Programme's Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau witnessed firsthand the impact of restoration efforts in Quartier-Morin.
200 hectares of farmland bloom anew, thanks to irrigation canals. WFP works closely with local farmers to enhance agriculture in #Haiti 🤝
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.
In northern Gaza, this is what humanitarian access looks like: fuel, flour & now bread for families who haven’t had it in months.
An important step, but a drop in the bucket. World Food Programme and our partners need accelerated access into & across Gaza to prevent the possibility of famine.
Today World Food Programme supported 259k people in Haiti 🇭🇹. Here is the breakdown:
-9k hot meals delivered
-218k school meals delivered, sourced mostly from local farmers
-30k people received cash transfers in Jeremie and Gonaives
-2k people received food rations in Le Cap. #HaitiStrong
Aijan's community in #Kyrgyzstan relies mainly on their livestock to earn a living.
But drought is jeopardizing their way of life.
WFP-supported insurance and trainings are ensuring 4,000 people in this remote region can protect themselves from climate risks.
Only 50% of Ecuadorian families have access to nutritious foods, which can hinder their children's development.
Now, WFP-backed #SchoolMeals bring local fresh foods to schoolchildren. 🥬🍅
✏️📚Those who were once regularly ill are now thriving. wfp.org/stories/how-wf…
'My dream is to become a surgeon to help people and save lives.'
Thanks to World Food Programme EduMinKenya & partners, students like Princess get a hot lunch every school day. This enables her to concentrate in class and gives her energy to play.