Editing World Food Programme (section)

===Emergencies===
[[File:WFP truck. Blokha.jpg|thumb|WFP truck in Dnipro, Ukraine, during Russian invasion in Ukraine.]]
About two-thirds of WFP life-saving food assistance goes to people facing high degrees of food insecurity, predominantly resulting from violence and armed conflict.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hunger, Conflict, and Improving the Prospects for Peace |url=https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000119678/download/ |publisher=World Food Programme |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: June to October 2024 outlook - occupied Palestinian territory {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurity-june-october-2024-outlook |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref> Over 60% of the people facing hunger globally live in regions experiencing armed violence, which compounds with increased displacement, destruction of food systems, and increased humanitarian access challenges to pose massive risks to food security in the regions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our work {{!}} World Food Programme |url=https://www.wfp.org/our-work |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.wfp.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, more than 300 million people faced acute hunger globally.<ref name=":1" /> WFP said it had "reached 152 million people with essential aid" in 2023.<ref name=":1" />

The latest Hunger Hotspots outlook released June 2024 and co-published by WFP and FAO, emphasised that "acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hotspots" between June and October 2024. These countries and country clusters face famine or risk of famine, with population already in or facing [[Integrated Food Security Phase Classification|IPC Phase 5]] (Catastrophe). Of those countries, [[Haiti]], [[Mali]], [[Palestine]], [[South Sudan]], and [[Sudan]] are classified as the most concerning.<ref name=":3" />

WFP is also a first responder to sudden-onset emergencies. When floods struck [[Sudan]] in July 2020, it provided emergency food assistance to nearly 160,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=WFP expands assistance to families struggling in flood-devastated regions of Sudan |url=https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-expands-assistance-families-struggling-flood-devastated-regions-sudan |access-date=8 January 2021 |publisher=World Food Programme |date=17 September 2020}}</ref> WFP provided food as well as vouchers for people to buy vital supplies, while also planning recovery, reconstruction, and resilience-building activities, after [[Cyclone Idai]] struck Mozambique and floods washed an estimated 400,000 hectares of crops on early 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=All you need to know about 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner Word Food Programme |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/all-you-need-to-know-about-nobel-peace-prize-winner-world-food-programme/articleshow/78573291.cms |access-date=6 January 2021 |publisher=Times of India |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

WFP's emergency support is also preemptive in offsetting the potential impact of disasters. In the Sahel region of Africa, amidst economic challenges, climate change, and armed militancy, WFP's activities included working with communities and partners to harvest water for irrigation, restore degraded land, and support livelihoods through skills training.<ref>{{cite news |title=World Food Programme Reinforces the Resilience of the Population in the Sahel |url=https://unowas.unmissions.org/world-food-programme-reinforces-resilience-population-sahel |access-date=7 January 2021 |publisher=United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel |date=2 March 2020}}</ref> It uses early-warning systems to help communities prepare for disasters. In Bangladesh, weather forecasting led to the distribution of cash to vulnerable farmers to pay for measures such as reinforcing their homes or stockpiling food ahead of heavy flooding.<ref>{{cite news |title=WFP provides assistance to communities at risk of monsoon flooding |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/07/02/wfp-provides-assistance-to-communities-at-risk-of-monsoon-flooding |access-date=9 January 2021 |publisher=World Food Programme |date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
[[File:World Food Programme in Liberia 002.jpg|alt=A couple of Liberian citizens (wearing blue vests that read World Food Program) unload weights of food to other citizens.|thumb|The World Food Program hands off high-energy biscuits to civilians at a Liberian port during the Second Civil War.]]
WFP is the lead agency of the [[Logistics Cluster]], a coordination mechanism established by the [[Inter-Agency Standing Committee]] (IASC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etcluster.org/|title=Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC)|website=www.etcluster.org}}</ref>  It also co-leads the Food Security Cluster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fscluster.org/|title=Food Security Cluster|website=fscluster.org}}</ref> The WFP-managed [[United Nations Humanitarian Air Service]] (UNHAS) serves over 300 destinations globally. WFP also manages the [[United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot]] (UNHRD), a global network of hubs that procure, store and transport emergency supplies for the organization and the wider humanitarian community. WFP logistical support, including its air service and hubs, has enabled staff and supplies from WFP and partner organizations to reach areas where commercial flights have not been available during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Selina |title=The chain that coronavirus cannot break |url=https://www.wfp.org/stories/chain-coronavirus-cannot-break |access-date=9 January 2021 |publisher=World Food Programme |date=31 March 2020}}</ref>