World Food Programme
The WFP Needs Cyber Monday Dollars to Feed Syrian Refugees
Today, the WFP announced that it will have to suspend its food voucher assistance program for Syrian refugees unless it can drum up $64 million, stat. And what do you know: it's Cyber Monday.
Ebola Has Created a Full-Fledged Food Crisis in Liberia
In Ebola's epicenter in West Africa, the virus's spread has upset the sale and distribution of food resources for millions. We spoke to the World Food Programme about the current state of food insecurity, the Jenewonda crisis, and the ways that we can...
Ebola Might Leave Survivors Food-Strapped in Liberia
The first diagnosed case of ebola in the United States has sent some people in the West into a panic, but the reality of the virus is still far worse in West Africa, where the outbreak has sent some food prices soaring and potentially endangered...
Should the World Be Funding Food Aid to North Korea?
Millions of North Koreans remain under-nourished while Pyongyang continues its nuclear programme and startling array of status projects. But is foreign food aid the most valuable response?
How Syria's Messy Borders Complicate Journalism, Aid Work, and Politics
The Syrian civil war has made going from country to country in the Middle East a messy business.
Syria Is Starving
The Syrian crisis has unleashed what aid organizations are describing as the biggest humanitarian catastrophe they have ever seen. With a troublesome combination of drought, starvation tactics from the Syrian regime, and skyrocketing food prices, the...