no comment Washington state residents start clean-up after heavy floods As heavy rains let up in Washington state, residents of the town of Everson take stock of the damage to their homes as they start clean-up efforts, with some lending a hand to neighbors with deliveries of food and other essentials. 18/11/2021
Afghanistan Stopping humanitarian aid to Afghanistan 'could spark a catastrophe' "If funding is frozen to anything which is going on in Afghanistan, including the humanitarian operation, that will precipitate a catastrophe here for the Afghanistan people." 26/08/2021
no comment Food banks a lifeline for New Yorkers hit by coronavirus crisis The pandemic has been particularly hard on women who work in the service sector, which has been crippled by the economic crisis. 20/12/2020
no comment Maryland volunteers distribute food as pandemic creates rising hunger People queuing to get food from distribution centres has become an increasingly common scene across the US as people struggle to feed themselves amid the ongoing pandemic. 12/12/2020
United Kingdom Charities report huge increase in distribution of food parcels in UK It's estimated an emergency food parcel could be handed out every nine seconds to people across the country. The Trussell Trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the UK, said its network 02/12/2020
world news Nobel-winning UN agency warns of 'famines of biblical proportions' With the U.S. elections and COVID-19 monopolising the news agenda, the World Food Program has struggled to highlight "the travesty that we're facing". 14/11/2020
Good Morning Europe Nobel Peace Prize winning World Food Programme battling challenges of Covid-19 The World Food Programme was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for its "efforts to combat hunger". Now it has to grapple with the challenges posed by Covid-19. 27/10/2020
no comment World's tallest building lit up in COVID-19 fundraising drive The aim was to turn the building into a virtual donation box. 12/05/2020
no comment Brazil's most iconic landmark lit up with calls to end hunger A food bank program and social services of the city launched the campaign under the hashtag #MesaSemFome (#TableWithoutHunger) 11/05/2020
Spain Spain's poorest are being punished by the coronavirus crisis Thousands have lost all income and aid organisations are overwhelmed as lines at food banks have tripled. 28/04/2020
United Kingdom 'Families are really struggling': London food bank sees fivefold surge "This kind of thing, a crisis like this, it impacts the poorest people the hardest, it always does," said the founder of a London food bank. "And it’s just not right, it’s not fair." 27/04/2020
no comment COVID-19 makes life tougher for homeless in Lima The lockdown in Peru has meant the number of charities providing the homeless with food has decreased. 14/04/2020
world news UN warns of humanitarian disaster if locust swarms aren't stopped Billions of locusts have been swarming across the Arabian peninsula and East Africa 14/02/2020
View Soaring food bank use: the growing reality of hunger in ‘rich’ countries ǀ View More people are going hungry and relying on aid to feed their families in the world’s wealthiest countries. 19/12/2019
no comment Residents crowd aid centre for food after deadly Albania quake The death toll from the earthquake has hit 49. 29/11/2019
world news After cyclone Idai, Mozambique needs help from the World Food Program After cyclone Idai's devastating action, Mozambique has become another setting for the United Nations' World Food Program's relief operations 02/04/2019
Yemen UN food body to double aid as government pushes to seize Hodeidah The WFP will double food aid to Yemen as the government announces a new push to seize key port. 09/11/2018
Yemen Yemen: food, aid destroyed in UN World Food Programme warehouse blaze Fire at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeidah has engulfed warehouses filled with vital aid and food supplies. 31/03/2018
Syria Aid arrives in Ghouta but fierce fighting hits distribution The convoy was carrying food that could not be offloaded on Monday when fighting forced an earlier delivery to leave early 09/03/2018
Norway Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates tenth anniversary The store contains seeds from more than 60 institutions and almost every country in the world 27/02/2018
Germany 'No foreigners accepted': The food bank that turns away non-Germans Some foreigners were deterring German clients at one food bank in Essen, according to organisers. Now they have introduced a strict 'Germans only' rule. 23/02/2018
Syria World Food Programme reaches formerly-besieged Deir ez-Zor The UN’s World Food Programme is delivering much-needed aid to formerly-besieged areas of Syria. 17/02/2018
Yemen 'Shocking silence' surrounds situation in Yemen, IRC tells euronews IRC Director Paolo Cernuschi says a huge humanitarian crisis looms 'of proportions [...] we've not seen in our lifetimes'. 24/11/2017
Morocco Morocco: 15 people killed in food-aid crush A stall giving out food was submerged by crowds in the impoverished town of Sidi Boulaalam. 20/11/2017
Morocco At least fifteen killed in Morocco stampede The incident happened as food aid was being distributed 19/11/2017
