The right to food does not discriminate. WFP strives to ensure inclusion throughout our organization and operations, and we celebrate the diversity of our workforce and the people we serve today and every day. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧ ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #IDAHOBIT2022

📢Global hunger levels are at a new high.📢 But ending hunger IS within our reach - if we act now and together.

Terrific meeting with ⁦USAID Ukraine⁩ Director Jim Hope in #Kyiv. The commitment of the USA to #Ukraine & World Food Programme is awesome. We reemphasized that WFP will only be here for as long as we are needed, to restore & enhance existing capacity, with the support of our largest donor.

The poverty & undernutrition maps presented today, produced by World Food Programme and #BangladeshBureauofStatistics & supported by @IFADSouthAsia, is paramount for #BDgov to understand the causes & impacts of #poverty and #foodinsecurity. These will ensure that effective action is taken.

According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (#FFWC), water is flowing above danger level (up to 1m) in the northeastern part of #Bangladesh. As of now, impact areas are #Sylhet and #Sunamganj. World Food Programme is actively monitoring the situation.

🏚Climate-risk insurance 💰Forecast-based financing 🍃Seasonal planning In #Bangladesh, these links are protecting people, food systems, and ecosystems in the face of climate extremes. Investing in solutions that root out hunger is essential in this unprecedented time.

A wonderful start to the weekend in #CoxsBazar: cleaning up the world's longest natural beach with 130 #surfkids from the World Food Programme funded Surfers' Megher School! A great opportunity for them to learn about the impact of #littering on sea-life and how it adds to #climateshocks.

Thanks to #MoDMR and World Bank South Asia for the consistent support. The Safety Net Systems for the Poorest (SNSP) project we signed on this morning, is further testament to the #BDgov and World Food Programme’s dedication to improve the resilience of the #Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar.

🆘Northern Ethiopia 🆘Somalia 🆘Yemen 🆘South Sudan 🆘Afghanistan These are the places where a perfect storm of climate shocks, conflict, and spiraling costs have already made starvation and death a daily risk for 750,000 people. GET THE REPORT: bit.ly/3NXjZfe

New Bangladesh goal! 🇧🇩🌊🏄‍♀ #WFP has partnered with an education foundation to empower young surfer children in #Bangladesh. Shared meals will provide children with schooling, lifeguard training, and cash to buy food! Donate today 👉 bit.ly/39h1Qdy #surfsup

World leaders are shocked at how bad this food crisis really is. It is critical that the necessary actions are taken to avert famine ASAP — not just in the coming months, but over the next 1-2 years.

100 million people forced to flee… There is nothing to celebrate on #WorldRefugeeDay International solidarity for Bangladesh & Rohingya refugees is needed + than ever + collective action to allow them to return to & have a brighter future in Myanmar! thedailystar.net/views/opinion/…

Just hours ago, World Food Programme sent out the first shipment of 85mts of #fortifiedbiscuits to our partner BRAC who are on the ground and ready to distribute to 34,000 families affected by monsoon rains in large parts of northeastern #Bangladesh.

Great meeting with MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦, discussing World Food Programme support to 3m citizens this month, hearing appreciation for the cash program scale-up & agreeing on the need to find means to mitigate the global food security impact of this war - by enabling food exports! 1/2

Incredible news out of the G7 today. World leaders have committed to necessary political action, new initiatives, and nearly $5B to respond to the global hunger emergency. This is exactly the kind of progress we need to save millions of lives at this unprecedented time. #G7GER

“The water kept rising. Soon our village was submerged.” In #Bangladesh 🇧🇩, WFP is supporting families like Komola's affected by the deadly monsoon floods. Food 🍚& cash💸 assistance are being provided to 262,000 people to help them cope with loss of food stock & livelihoods.

Very engaging conversation with Kishwar Chowdhury today, as she discussed with World Food Programme #Bangladesh how passion, stewardship & culture are key elements of great food and how food #security is incumbent on men & women taking on the responsibility of putting food on the table, together.

Between Covid 19 and climate shocks, food remains a need for #Rohingya (82%) and #Bangladeshi (59%) communities - a need for greater access to fresh food or continued food aid. Learn more from Refugee Influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment 5 report: bit.ly/reva5_BD

Communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis need urgent support!   World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, & International Fund for Agricultural Development work to help at risk people in #Bangladesh to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate shocks & stresses.   Read the latest #SOFIreport: bit.ly/3Rk3nki

To all those celebrating, may this #EidAlAdha bring peace, prosperity, and happiness to you and your family! Eid Mubarak!