February 23, 2025

World Food Programme

DFID contribution to assist 116,000 WFP-supported Zimbabweans during hunger season

Byron Adonis Mutingwende05 mins

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday 10 January 2019 welcomed a £3.95 million (US$5 million) contribution from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to its 2018/19 Lean Season Assistance programme in Zimbabwe.   The contribution will help WFP to provide cash-based food assistance to some 97,000 highly food insecure people…

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WFP seeks to eradicate hunger in Zimbabwe

Byron Adonis Mutingwende06 mins

By Joyce Mukucha The World Food Programme (WFP) is maintaining strong humanitarian assistance capacity through its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) which focuses on supporting long-term national social protection and resilience building efforts to achieve Zero-hunger in Zimbabwe. It is estimated that by 2050, both the risk of hunger and child malnutrition could increase by 20…

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