Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia's Tigray region is starving, but no famine declared
Despite mass starvation in northern Ethiopia, aid officials are not calling the situation a famine.
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Despite mass starvation in northern Ethiopia, aid officials are not calling the situation a famine.
The African Development Bank has made a grant of $686,000 to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) which will provide much needed food relief to...
Submission deadline by Thursday 15th April, 3pm (Rome time). The position as consultant will be until end of September 2021 (extendable, depending on funding) and contracted by FAO. Fluency in Spanish is required CC- Minimum requirement: Minimum 5 years of professional experience in humanitarian response at a mid or senior level. Experience in food security related topics is mandatory; Ability to work and plan at strategic and operational levels; Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture.** FUNCTION PURPOSE The Food Security Cluster/Sector Coordinator (CC) is one o...
WFP Pakistan Country Brief, October 2020 Format US$ 26.3 million six months (Nov 2020 – Apr 2021) representing 44 percent of total. 303,263 people assisted in September 2020 Operational Updates • While monsoon rains in Sindh have stopped and most areas were drained of stagnant water, the impact of the floods on livelihoods has been substantial. Households are consequently in critical need of immediate food and non-food assistance. Following the first phase of in-kind food assistance in September, WFP has initiated the second phase of relief support through multi-purpose cash-based assista...