Rome, Italy · Established 1961
WFP
World Food Programme
Saving lives, changing lives.
(About)
The world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and food security.
The World Food Programme was set up in 1961 as a joint experiment by the UN General Assembly and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and became permanent in 1965. It is the frontline food-assistance agency of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organisation by operational footprint.
WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and delivers a mix of in-kind food, cash and vouchers depending on what markets in a given crisis can support. Its school-meals programmes reach tens of millions of children each year, its country strategic plans align food assistance with national social-protection systems, and the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) — which it operates on behalf of the entire aid community — is often the only reliable way to move staff and cargo into remote or contested areas.
The agency was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its work fighting hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war.
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Structure & mandate
UN frontline food-assistance agency established in 1961 by the UN General Assembly and FAO. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2020. Governed by a 36-member Executive Board shared with FAO.
Key public programmes
- ▸General food distribution and cash-based transfers in acute food crises
- ▸School meals programmes reaching tens of millions of children each year
- ▸UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) — passenger and cargo flights for the aid community
Founded
1961
HQ
Rome
Italy
Countries of work
11+
Independent registers
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(Work in the field)
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(Where we operate)
Active in 11 countries.
- Yemen
- South Sudan
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- Afghanistan
- Sudan
- DR Congo
- Nigeria
- Syria
- Haiti
- Madagascar
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