Nation Oct 25 U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour By Nick Schifrin, Kaisha Young, Satvi Sunkara, Andrew Corkery
World Oct 11 Watch 6:35 Relief organizations ready to surge aid to Gaza as ceasefire takes hold There’s relief in both Israel and Gaza as the pause in fighting appears to be holding. As Israeli forces pull back in Gaza, humanitarian organizations prepare to move in to increase the flow of desperately needed aid. Before the ceasefire… By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Andrew Corkery, Janine AlHadidi
World Apr 07 Trump administration terminates some USAID contracts providing lifesaving food aid The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East. By Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Mar 21 Watch 6:10 World Food Programme director discusses how to address growing global hunger The causes of global hunger are many and well-known: conflict, climate and in too many cases, cruelty. But it is the job of the United Nations World Food Programme to push through those barriers to feed hundreds of millions in… By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn
World May 27 African leaders gather for summit to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent African leaders have gathered for a summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups. Leaders on Friday called for… By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Oct 09 World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize By Associated Press The Rome-based United Nations agency has long specialized in getting assistance to some of the world’s most dangerous and precarious places and provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries last year. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 7:14 In Mozambique, Yemen and Venezuela crises, access for aid is hard to come by Mozambique’s official death toll from a deadly cyclone in March has topped 1,000. In the storm’s aftermath, survivors face lack of power, food and supplies, plus deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera and malaria. Amna Nawaz talks to David Beasley,… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 6:54 Why is the UN World Food Program turning off aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch World Food Programme faces ‘highly unusual’ quadruple food emergency World Food Programme faces quadruple food emergency… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Rice Production Makes a Comeback in War-ravaged Cambodia Amid rising food prices and supply shortages, Cambodia has managed to increase its food production by turning the war-ravaged country's former "killing fields" into rice fields. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the transformation. Continue watching