As the food aid arm of the UN, WFP uses its food to:



- meet emergency needs



- support economic & social development



The Agency also provides the logistics support necessary to get food aid to

the right people at the right time and in the right place.



WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international agenda, promoting

policies, strategies and operations that directly benefit the poor and

hungry.



Who do we help?



- Victims of natural disasters like the 2006 East Africa drought, the

Pakistan earthquake and Hurricane Stan in 2005, the tsunami disaster and

Bangladesh floods in 2004, the Iran earthquake in 2003 or Hurricane Mitch,

which affected one million people in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and

Guatamala in October 1998.



- Displaced People - both refugees and internally displaced persons

to leave towns and villages in places like Darfur, the Democratic Republic

of Congo and Colombia.



- The world's hungry poor, trapped in a twilight zone between poverty

and malnutrition.



- WFP also believes that women are the first solution to hunger and

poverty. Women not only cook food. They sow, reap and harvest it. Yet, in

many developing countries, they eat last and least.



Where?



- WFP is the world's largest international food aid organisation

combating hunger in underdeveloped nations with severe food shortages. The

frontline stretches from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East to Latin

America and Asia & the Pacific.



How do we fight hunger?



- Rescue: WFP stands on a permanent state of alert, ready to mobilise

food aid for delivery to natural and man-made disaster areas.



- Rapid Reaction: WFP's rapid response team draws-up contingency

plans designed to move food and humanitarian aid fast into disaster areas.

WFP works closely with the other members of the UN family, governments and NGOs, offering its logistics expertise to guarantee the delivery of all

kinds of humanitarian aid.



- Rehabilitation: WFP food aid also serves as a means to get

disaster-affected regions back on their feet.



- Deterrence: Malnutrition gnaws away at the most valuable asset in

any country's development: its children and its workers. Food aid is one of

the most effective deterrents against long-term poverty.



WFP kick-starts development by paying workers with rations to build vital

infrastructure and offering children food aid as a reward for going to

school.