In #Aswan , World Food Programme & the EU in Egypt 🇪🇺🇪🇬 in #Egypt launched a new partnership to support refugees, Sudanese fleeing conflict & host communities with a series of vocational trainings across Egypt.

Together, we are dedicated to improving the lives of those facing the greatest challenges.

On any given day, World Food Programme teams coordinate an average of

🚚5,600 trucks
✈️100 aircraft
🚢30 ships
🏚️and a network of 650 warehouses

to deliver assistance to people all around the world.

Learn more: bit.ly/3u7BiSg

‘We’ve got to do more’, says World Food Programme’s Palestine Director
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People's reality is more shocking than the numbers!

Millions of people around the world are suffering from hunger as a result of the compound effects of conflicts, climate extremes, and soaring prices.

Only if we work together can we eradicate hunger.

🔔 It’s recess time!

🎥 Follow Joseph as he spends a day in school, chatting with his classmates about school snacks and attending his favorite class.

World Food Programme provides nutritious food to over 104,000 public school students across #Lebanon helping them learn and grow.

🔵Multiplying conflicts
🔵Worsening climate extremes
🔵Spiraling costs

All these are pushing millions more people into extreme hunger and threatening development gains, according to a new #GRFC24 report.

Conflict drives hunger in nearly all of the major emergencies in which WFP is responding.

Nearly seven out of ten of the most acutely food insecure people in 2024 live in fragile or conflict-affected situations.

The number of people facing hunger in the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica region is alarming.

Hunger has been a looming concern for decades. The root causes remain the same.

🔴 Conflicts
🔴 Climate shocks
🔴 Soaring food prices

World Food Programme assistance is a lifeline for millions of people.

🚨 Wheat production in #Syria is declining.

Water shortages caused major losses in harvest & income, leading to a major decrease in planted areas.

🎥 World Food Programme implemented irrigation projects to help people transition from relying on assistance to being self-sufficient.

Over half of the regions facing the world's worst food crises have been experiencing them since 2016.

As humanitarian resources stretch to address more severe and prolonged crises, efforts must transform to address root causes.

🔗Learn more in the new #GRFC24 report ⤵️

🛎️Reminder: Access to sufficient and nutritious food is a human right.

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🚨 Climate disasters in the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica have almost TRIPLED in the past 4 decades.

In 2023, World Food Programme supported over 1 million people in the region with climate interventions & will continue helping vulnerable populations adapt to the #ClimateCrisis .

⬇️ Learn more.

In Rafah, Khan Younis, Deir El Balah, and Gaza City, WFP and our partners are distributing food parcels, hot meals, nutritious supplements and more.

But after 200 days, to stop #famine , there MUST be a steady flow of food supplies, every day, every week, and a ceasefire.

'The food situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with 1.1 million people in IPC5 . The only way to avert famine is a steady and constant flow of food supply'.

Watch📺 Abeer Etefa, Senior Spokeswoman for World Food Programme, addressing the European Parliament on the famine & starvation situation in #Gaza .

Global Report On Food Crises 2024 by Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme & UNICEF reveals extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond.

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🆕Acute hunger rose for the fourth year in a row, while funding to address needs is dwindling.

In the newest Global Report on #FoodCrises , learn where and why conflicts, climate and economic shocks are driving people into extreme levels of food insecurity. #GRFC24

Communities are most productive when all members feel integrated.

World Food Programme & the EU in Egypt 🇪🇺🇪🇬 are teaming up to enhance the lives of refugees, those affected by crisis & Egyptian host communities with trainings to improve their livelihoods.

➡️More here: shorturl.at/hoGIY

𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 | 'We have the food, we have the trucks, we just need access...'

Carl Skau emphasized the importance of access to Gaza in an interview with Sumi Somaskanda on the BBC News (World).

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In 2023, WFP Lebanon - برنامج الأغذية العالمي في لبنان played a crucial role in preserving forests by:

🌲Planting 112,000 trees
🌲Supporting the protection of 508 hectares of forests
🌲Enhancing forests' health & resilience

WFP supports reforestation in #Lebanon to help communities adapt to #ClimateChange .