Laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. 🇺🇳🌾🍛 The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency working towards #ZeroHunger.
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Joined on 31 March, 2009
#Famine is looming in:
🚩 Yemen
🚩 South Sudan
🚩 NE Nigeria
🚩 Burkina Faso
WFP is committed to taking early action while there is still time. Join Us 👇👇👇
How much do you know about 📍 #Bhutan? Land of the the Thunder Dragon 🐉
WFP is working with the Royal Government of Bhutan to distribute foritified rice in schools so that the nation can grow happy, strong, and healthy. 🍚💪
Learn more about WFP's work in Bhutan 👇
During #COVID19 kids have missed more than class, they've missed meals.
Check out a @WFP and @UNICEFInnocenti's NEW report that explores the impact of school closures on children’s nutrition 👉
Food touches every aspect of our lives. ✨💦🌱
By improving the way we produce 🌱, process 🏭 , transport 🚚 and consume food 🍙 we can build a more just and resilient world. Where no one is hungry, no one is poor and no one is left behind.
Learn more about #foodsystems 🌏
While you stay or work at home, take active breaks every 30 mins 🕘
1️⃣ Walk up & down the stairs🚶♀️
2️⃣ Do some stretching exercise 🧘
3️⃣ Dance to music for a few minutes 🩰
4️⃣ Check out online resources for new ideas 💡
#HealthyAtHome
Late last year, residents of Bel-Air, Port au Prince in #Haiti were surrounded with flames and gunfire as gangs fought for control of the area. Many escaped to nearby camps.
@WFP_Haiti & @USAID_Haiti supported 115 displaced families with food. 🕊️🍛
This is Mona's story.
"We're on a countdown right now to a catastrophe in #Yemen. So we have got to get the world to open its eyes to what we’re truly seeing in the unfolding humanitarian disaster - before it’s too late."
Help us and @WFPChief spread the word and lets start #FightingFamine together.
WFP is helping smallholder farmers in #DRC learn the basics of 📚 reading, ✍🏾 writing and 🧮arithmetic so that they can qualify for business loans.
Read how smallholder farmer Desanges 👩🏽🌾 found a 50% discrepancy in her monthly paycheck after attending the WFP courses. 👇
📸👇WFP nutritionist Glendy at work in Malacatán, #Guatemala.
She is part of the "nutrition brigades", a team that works tirelessly to assess the nutritional status of vulnerable communities in Guatemala. 💪💪
How does WFP prevent #famine?
✔️LIVE Hunger Maps
✔️Early Warning Systems Network
✔️Maintaining access to remote areas
Every year WFP distributes over 15 Billion food rations around the world 🍚🌎 #FightingFamine
Thousands of people have come to Sudan from Ethiopia's #Tigray region due to fighting since November.
You can help! Open the @ShareTheMealorg app and donate to the new Sudan goal. 💛
Climate shocks are a main driver of hunger:
☀️ Droughts
🌀 Cyclones
🌊 Floods
More than 80% of hungry people live in climate disaster-prone areas. We cannot wait for an emergency to strike before we take #ClimateAction. We must adapt and become more resilient. #AdaptationSummit
Happy #AustraliaDay!
Thank you 🇦🇺 for helping us save lives and change lives across the world. 🌏
Famine feeds on:
🌪️ #ClimateChange
🌀 Chaos
💥 Conflict
COVID-19 has compounded existing issues and pushed millions of people to the brink of starvation.
#Famine is preventable, but only if we act now. ⌛
⚠️ #ClimateChange will push 100 million more people into hunger by 2030 ⚠️
WFP is working with governments and humanitarian partners on the frontlines of the global climate crisis.
The world must prioritize #climateaction to protect the most vulnerable. 🌎👇 #AdaptationSummit
Famine is NEVER
🔸 Inevitable
🔸 Inescapable
🔸 Unstoppable
But famine IS preventable. #FightingFamine 👇
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