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Funding shortfalls force deep cuts to Syria food assistance: WFP

Millions of Syrians are at growing risk of hunger after severe funding shortages forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to ...

Somalia faces severe malnutrition crisis as WFP warns of aid halt

Somalia faces a severe malnutrition crisis and urgently needs more aid funding to avert a catastrophe, the United Nations ...
Time

It Has Never Been Harder to Be a Humanitarian

Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the UN's World Food Programme In June this year, a 15-truck convoy of humanitarians travelled more than a thousand miles across Sudan, loaded with life-saving ...
USA Today

Modest food increase not enough to stop starvation in Gaza, says World Food Program chief

GENEVA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - More food aid is reaching Gaza but it still remains far from enough to prevent widespread starvation, the head of the World Food Program (WFP) told Reuters on August ...
AOL

Cindy McCain to step down as the head of the World Food Programme

Cindy McCain announced Thursday that she is stepping down as head of the World Food Programme, citing health issues and saluting the work as "the honor of a lifetime." "I had truly hoped I could ...
KTAR News

Cindy McCain stepping down from World Food Programme to focus on health after stroke

PHOENIX — After two years, Cindy McCain is stepping down from her role as executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain, who has been the organization’s executive director since 2023, said ...
International Middle East Media Center

World Food Programme Statement on Israeli Attack on Aid Seekers

WFP Statement: On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after ...