What is the World Food Programme
(WFP)?
A staggering 925 million people worldwide are affected currently
by hunger. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations
frontline agency assigned to combat global hunger. WFP is the
largest humanitarian agency in the world. It provides, on average,
food aid to 90 million people per year - 58 million of whom are
children. WFP depends on voluntary donations from world
governments, corporations and private donors to help the hungry.
WFP also supports people in need become more self-sufficient in the
long run, through initiatives such as food-for-work programmes and
agricultural projects.
Issues covered: Hunger, emergency aid,
agriculture, livelihoods, food security.
Focus countries: Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Laos,
Myanmar, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zimbabwe
How are WFP and World Vision working together?
World Vision is WFP's largest partner organisation. Every day we
collaborate with WFP to deliver life-saving food aid to families
facing extreme hunger around the world. The food is provided by
WFP, but World Vision must raise money to cover distribution costs,
which include transportation, warehouse storage and staffing.
Because of this partnership, every $1 you donate to a
World Vision-WFP appeal enables us to deliver $6 worth food aid and
other relief essentials.
For example, we are currently working together in Sudan's South
Darfur state. Over the past decade, almost three million people
here have been forced to flee their homes, mainly because of food
shortages and conflict. Over a million people now live in camps,
mostly women and children. They depend on humanitarian assistance
from organisations such as World Vision, which includes food aid,
healthcare and nutrition, water and sanitation, and education. For
every $1 donated, we will deliver $6 worth of food aid to those who
need it most today.
See how WFP and World Vision food aid saves
lives in South Darfur
How can you get involved?
You can help save lives today in places like South Darfur. Owing
to rising food and fuel costs, World Vision cannot reach all the
families in need with emergency food rations. We need your support
to do more. Your support will help make a difference. Make a
donation today and multiply your gift six times to help the
hungry.
Health clinic saves 7-month-old twins
Hawa (right) with her twin boys, and eldest daughter, Asha
World Vision's Otash clinic in Sudan has become a haven for
35-year-old Hawa Mohamed and her five children. Having had to flee
their village to escape conflict, the family found refuge at the
Otash camp. Hawa came to the clinic with her 7-month-old twin boys
who suffered from malnutrition. "I can't breastfeed the babies. I
don't eat enough good food to produce milk," explained Hawa. With
World Vision's help, the twins are receiving live-saving
supplementary feeding at the clinic, as well as regular food
rations. Hawa appreciates World Vision's healthcare services and
the fact that her children now rarely go to bed on an empty
stomach. "I thank God for two things: for saving our lives and for
World Vision's support. Without World Vision, life would have been
unbearable," a grateful Hawa said.