School meals fuel young minds, but most vulnerable still missing out: WFP

Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 - the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published on Tuesday.

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World Food Programme reaches deal to supply food to 185,000 children in Venezuela

20 Apr 2021

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to begin operations to provide the most vulnerable children in the South American country with nutritious school meals, it announced on Tuesday.

Hot meals helping Haiti’s children recover from the earthquake

20 Nov 2021

The children of families who were affected by the massive earthquake which devastated large parts of south-west Haiti in August this year are receiving free hot meals at school as part of an initiative by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to support the recovery of the country’s most vulnerable communities.

WFP feeds more than one million in Tigray, but needs support to reach more

01 Jun 2021

More than one million people in two areas of the war-ravaged Tigray region in Ethiopia have received emergency food assistance since distributions began in March, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday.