We're on the ground providing assistance in Syria, Iraq, Southern Africa, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. Families in each of these countries are in urgent need of lifesaving food. Read more about these crises and consider making a donation today. Syria. The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate. The fighting is driving more and more people from their homes and making access to food increasingly difficult. WFP is struggling to meet the urgent food needs of more than five million displaced people inside Syria and in neighbouring countries. Operations are being run on a hand- to- mouth basis as funding is running out. Iraq. The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in. Iraq in the wake of ongoing violence. More than three million people have been displaced and many are living without access to food, water or other essentials.
Complementing USAID’s in-kind food aid, USAID is now among the largest cash providers of food assistance in the world. The Title II program, USAID’s primary mechanism for food assistance, provides in-kind commodities to those suffering from food insecurity. Each month WFP works to provide food assistance to 1. Iraq’s 1. 8 governorates. Nigeria. Boko Haram violence has led to one of the most acute – and sorely neglected – humanitarian crises in the world. About INTERFAIS Data on global food aid deliveries in metric tons are from the database of the International Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS), which was developed by WFP as a contribution to a coordinated international response to food aid shortages. Emergency Food Program Skip to Content Illinois Department of Human Services James T. Dimas, Secretary Search: En Espa As more areas of northeastern Nigeria become accessible, the scale of the human tragedy is becoming apparent. In pockets of northeastern Nigeria, food insecurity has reached an extreme level. Southern Africa. Southern Africa is facing a major food security crisis following successive years of drought, most recently as a result of the El Ni. Many countries experienced poor or failed harvests in April this year, leaving millions of people with little or no food to sustain them till next year’s harvest. As part of the broad response in South Sudan, WFP has reached more than 2. But it is critical to sustaining relief efforts because the situation remains very fragile. A hunger catastrophe will be a threat well into next year – especially if fighting continues. Severe fuel shortages are expected to push people into hunger. Initial findings show that southern Yemen will have the highest number of food insecure people in the country. Yemen also has one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world. Around half of all children under five are stunted; too short for their age as a result of malnutrition.
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