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WFP The World Food Programme geared up to serve more people than ever in the country whose economic woes were worsened by COVID-19 and the Beirut port blast WFP wheat shipment arrives into Beirut Port two weeks after the blast that shook the city. Photo: WFP/Malak Jaafar Lebanon-where WFP has had a presence since 2012-has suffered multiple shocks over the past 12 months. These have had a devastating effect on its people. Compounding socio-economic and political woes, the country’s health system is under severe pressure with the impact of COVID-19. On 4 August, the Beirut port blast increase...

WFP A look back at the year in which WFP stepped up to unprecedented challenges and fed 100 million people in 88 countries January The World Food Programme marks the 2010 Haiti Earthquake anniversary-on 12 January that year, up to 300,000 people were killed following the magnitude 7.0 quake which struck at 4:53 p.m. Within 30 seconds, a world turned upside down. With more than a million displaced, tens of thousands risked going hungry. High-energy biscuits distribution in Leogane, a town near the epicentre of the earthquake in January 2010. Photo: David Orr/WFP.org Haiti today: Children in B...