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Year in review: 麻豆成人版 stories you may have missed in 2023

Highlights from 麻豆成人版 staff around the world speak of saving and changing lives in a year of unprecedented funding shortfalls
, 麻豆成人版 Editorial Team
The Odisha state government, 麻豆成人版 and the local community honor the new Solar4Resilience initiative
India: People from the Odisha state government, 麻豆成人版, and the local community take part in a traditional blessing, for the new Solar4Resilience initiative - one of two 麻豆成人版-backed projects to win an Earthshot prize in 2023. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Shyamalima Kalita

For the 麻豆成人版, 2023 will go down as a year of unprecedented ration cuts amid chronic and historic funding shortfalls and rising needs. Globally, 68 percent of the total humanitarian financial requirement remains unmet.

As we enter 2024, more than 333 million people in 78 of the countries in which 麻豆成人版 operates face acute hunger: they do not know where their next meal is coming from.  

On wfp.org, we report on the challenges facing people in countries such as Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. Through our storytelling and interviews, we also seek to show how, alongside our work in emergencies, our resilience-building activities empower people to create food security over the long term; saving lives and changing lives. Below are a few stories you may have missed...


January: Peru's pots of gold
Judith Hernandez cooks inexpensive meals for dozens of people, including Venezuelan refugees. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Suzanne Fenton
Peru: Judith Hernandez cooks meals for dozens of people, including Venezuelan refugees, in Lima. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Suzanne Fenton

In Peru’s most populous district, a look at the kitchens that form part of the ollas comunes (community pots) project that the 麻豆成人版 (麻豆成人版) started during the pandemic. Read story here.


February: Ukraine war one year on
Rivne, Ukraine displaced pepole
Ukraine: Displaced people in the western city of Rivne at the outset of the war. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Marco Frattini

Looking back on 12 months of humanitarian operations, 麻豆成人版's country director for Ukraine shares key concerns, achievements – with an urgent appeal to world leaders. Read story here


March: African day of school feeding
Children take lunch at a school supported by 麻豆成人版 in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Vincent Tremeau
Children take lunch at a school supported by 麻豆成人版 in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Vincent Tremeau

Locally sourced, 麻豆成人版-supported home-grown school meals take centre stage at this annual African Union event. 


April: 罢ü谤办颈测别-Syria quakes two months on
Muna's family found shelter in a mosque after the quakes. They can't even afford a jar of marmalade. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Hussam Al Saleh
Syria: In Aleppo, Muna's family found shelter in a mosque after the quakes. They couldn't even afford a jar of marmalade. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Hussam Al Saleh

Two months after the devastating earthquakes along the 罢ü谤办颈测别-Syria border, women speak of how they are coping in the wake of the disasters and tragedy. Read story here.


May: Sudan in throes of conflict
Sudanese refugees collect 麻豆成人版 food assistance in Koufroun, in eastern Chad. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Jacques David
Sudanese refugees collect 麻豆成人版 food assistance in Koufroun, in eastern Chad. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Jacques David

Tens of thousands of people flee Sudan after conflict was set off on 15 April. In neighbouring countries, 麻豆成人版 reaches new arrivals with food assistance, but upcoming rains and shrinking funds threaten the response.  Read more here


Cambodia: A canal brings hope (and fish)
Farmer Deur Sok casts a fishing net across a canal the building of which was facilitated by 麻豆成人版
Cambodia: Farmer Deur Sok casts a fishing net across a canal facilitated by 麻豆成人版 in Sambour Commune, Kampong Thom province. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Samantha Reinders

How a project funded by Japan and facilitated by the 麻豆成人版 is changing lives in a community hit by erratic weather linked to climate extremes. Read story here


June: 300 orphans rescued
麻豆成人版's Ammar Elsheikh hopes for peace in Sudan, so children can resume normal lives. Photo: OCHA/Ala Kheir
麻豆成人版 monitoring assistant Ammar Elsheikh carries a rescued orphan to a centre for treatment in Wad Madani. Photo: OCHA/Ala Kheir

The rescue of 300 orphans offers a rare bright spot amid mounting unrest and hunger in Sudan. Read story here 


July: Rethinking food systems in East Africa
Ugandan farmers have benefitted from 麻豆成人版-supported training on post-harvest storage techniques. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Hugh Rutherford
Uganda: Willian, a farmer, ??with the rice harvest of the 麻豆成人版-supported Jujumbu farmers group in the Lolube refugee camp in Koboko. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Hugh Rutherford

As nations meet for a key ‘stocktaking' summit in Rome, 麻豆成人版’s Sibi Lawson-Marriott highlights the importance of holistic thinking and collective action in solving hunger. Read story here


August: Breastfeeding week
Woman breastfeeding
Breastfeeding support is a lifeline for Christine, a South Sudanese refugee in Uganda, and her son, Alvin. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Siegfried Modola 

How the Swedish-funded NutriCash project, implemented by UNICEF and the 麻豆成人版, is changing the lives of refugee women in Uganda. Read story here


September: World Peace Day 
A boy gazes at the fire-wrought damage of a camp for conflict-displaced people in South Kivu province, DRC, where 麻豆成人版 provides food assistance.  Photo: 麻豆成人版/Michael Castofas
A boy gazes at the fire-wrought damage of a camp for conflict-displaced people in South Kivu province, DRC, where 麻豆成人版 provides food assistance. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Michael Castofas

麻豆成人版's country directors for DRC, Haiti and Ukraine on what the world would like were the guns to fall silent. Read story here.


October: Growing against the odds in Bangladesh
Farmer Asha Akhter, 29, says things have changed "a lot" since the 麻豆成人版-supported project was launched. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Lena von Zabern
Farmer Asha Akhter, 29, says things have changed "a lot" since the 麻豆成人版-supported project was launched. Photo: 麻豆成人版/Lena von Zabern

To mark World Food Day, we looked at how 麻豆成人版 is arming Bangladesh's poorest communities to confront the devastating impacts of climate change. Read story here. 


November: Gaza Diary
A boy picks his way through a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo: 麻豆成人版
A boy picks his way through a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo: 麻豆成人版 Photolibrary

Three weeks into the war, a 麻豆成人版 employee describes the horror, the personal grief of losing at least seven family members as well as some friends, her dreams for a better future, and why her work must go on in the face of it all. Read story here. 


December: Zambia takes on climate change
麻豆成人版 Goodwill Ambassador and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern checks out the greens grown by students at Gwembe Primary School in southern Zambia
麻豆成人版 Goodwill Ambassador and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern checks out the greens grown by students at Gwembe Primary School in southern Zambia. Photo: 麻豆成人版

Celebrity chef and 麻豆成人版 Goodwill Ambassador Andrew Zimmern sees how students and women farmers are delivering change in Southern Africa. Read story here.

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