WFP in the Middle East & North Africa
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In #Jordan , a small community-based kitchen supported by World Food Programme strengthens local #FoodSystems .
📣 As part of the National School Feeding Programme, it produces 13,000 meals a day.
💪 This kitchen symbolizes resilience by employing over 30 women & catalyzing the local economy.
On #NutritionDay , let's recognize the role of #SchoolMeals in feeding children & forming better dietary habits.
✅Introducing new nutritious foods for kids
🌎Offering diverse menus with fruits, veggies, proteins & grains
👧Positive role modelling by staff making healthy choices
🔴 Global malnutrition rates are ALARMING.
In 2024, World Food Programme plans to reach 36 million children and mothers with services to prevent and treat those most vulnerable.
The needs are immense & urgent funding remains crucial.
📹 Learn more about the situation now.
At World Food Programme's warehouse in Jordan, life-saving aid is ready to go to Gaza. But it can't stay here—it needs to reach hungry families. Aid must flow through all corridors and entry points, every day. Lives are at stake.
Famine is NEVER
🔴 Inevitable
🔴 Unforeseen
🔴 Unstoppable
Food assistance during crises can make the difference between life and death. #FightFamine
🚨More than 40 MILLION people in the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica are facing food insecurity.
As many countries are dealing with inflation in food prices & currency devaluation.
World Food Programme is providing crucial assistance to vulnerable communities in the region but the needs are high.
🚨 More than 800,000 people were displaced out of #Rafah .
They seek shelter in different places including #DeirAlbalah & #KhanYounis .
Humanitarian operations are near collapse. Current food & fuel stocks have almost if not entirely run out.
Safe & sustained access is needed!