2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The UN World Food Programme saves lives in emergencies and uses food assistance to build a pathway to peace and stability.
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WFP welcomes a new @WFPChief today.
Executive Director Luke J. Lindberg assumed office today with a call for action to donors, partners and supporters across the world to help sustain the organization’s life-saving work.
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🔵 Emergency food assistance saves lives. But long-term solutions to hunger begin within communities.
In #Haiti, WFP is supporting farmers, rehabilitating irrigation canals and improving access to markets, creating livelihoods and strengthening local food production ⬇️
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In Karamoja, #Uganda, 673,000 people face acute hunger. @WFP, working with the Government of Uganda and partners, is responding, but more support is urgently needed.
Hear from WFP’s @WanjaKaaria👇.
For more information, follow the latest @theIPCinfo analysis: ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-anal…
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Ending hunger takes peace, partnership, and the determination to reach people in the hardest places.
Every day, @WFP teams deliver food and hope to people caught in the hardest circumstances. Our responsibility is to find a way to reach them.
🚨 New @theIPCinfo analysis: 6.35 million people in #Haiti could face acute food insecurity by mid-2027.
Violence, economic instability, displacement, poor agricultural performance and El Niño are pushing hunger towards record levels.
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🚨Haiti: Acute hunger is on track to reach record levels as violence, economic instability, displacement and El Niño unravel fragile food security gains.
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An extraordinary honor. A tremendous responsibility.
Today, I took the oath of office as Executive Director of @WFP.
I am ready to serve, to listen and to lead.
Who is the new @WFPChief?
Luke J. Lindberg brings a new chapter of leadership to WFP, with a clear focus on its people, partners and mission to fight hunger around the world.
🔗 Learn more about WFP's new Executive Director: bit.ly/4Bqsx7F
📍 Malawi: School meals help children learn, concentrate and thrive.
For many children and their families, these daily meals are a lifeline.
Hear from students about what school meals mean to them ⬇️
🌱 Food security is about more than food.
See how school meals, farming and sewing skills are helping communities in #GuineaBissau build stronger livelihoods and more food-secure futures.
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A new chapter for WFP.
On his first day as Executive Director, @WFPChief Luke J. Lindberg shares a message with colleagues around the world who deliver our mission every day. 🌍💙
Yesterday, I shared a message with @WFP colleagues around the world.
I wanted to begin my mandate by recognizing the thousands of colleagues who show up with extraordinary dedication, courage and compassion to serve those in need.
Today, I share it with you.
World Food Programme retweeted
Yesterday, I shared a message with @WFP colleagues around the world.
I wanted to begin my mandate by recognizing the thousands of colleagues who show up with extraordinary dedication, courage and compassion to serve those in need.
Today, I share it with you.
World Food Programme retweeted
More than 100 million people rely on @WFP for assistance. As Executive Director, I’m determined to keep that mission at the heart of everything we do.
266 million people are facing acute hunger globally. Behind every number is a person, a family counting on the world to act.
WFP is working every day for people facing hunger around the globe.
As the new @WFPChief takes the helm, the urgency of our mission could not be clearer.
266 million people are facing acute hunger globally. Behind every number is a person, a family counting on the world to act.
WFP is working every day for people facing hunger around the globe.
As the new @WFPChief takes the helm, the urgency of our mission could not be clearer.
📍 In #Sudan, El Niño is making rainfall increasingly unpredictable.
WFP is helping farmers access the information they need to plan ahead, protect their crops and prepare for the season.
WFP’s #Ebola response in DR Congo continues.
Since operations began, WFP-managed UNHAS has:
🔵 Operated 1,255 flights
🔵 Transported 10,200+ passengers
🔵 Delivered 483 metric tons of critical cargo
Keeping health and humanitarian partners connected to affected communities when it matters most.
🚨 Nearly 3.5 million people in Ebola-affected areas of #DRC face Crisis-level hunger or worse.
Conflict and displacement have already stretched families to the limit.
WFP is providing food and nutrition assistance so patients and families can remain in treatment or isolation while meeting their basic needs.
Learn more from Country Director David Stevenson ⤵️