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href="/resilience-building">resilient to shocks</a></strong><a href="https://www.wfp.org/resilience-building">.</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns__side"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field-paragraphs"> <section class="accordion-new wfp-wrapper"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title accordion-new__title ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>Six decades fighting hunger</div> </div> </h2> <div class="accordion-new__items js--accordion-new__items"> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>2020s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>2023</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/BURKINA_WFP_WF1805507_20230331_BFA_CheickOmar-Bandaogo_626.jpg?itok=mmSRzVeb" width="300" height="200" alt="Burkina Faso beneficiaries" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Forced to Cut Back on Support</strong></p> <p>WFP is forced to drastically cut rations in most of its operations as international humanitarian funding falls sharply. The <a href="/stories/cost-cuts-funding-shortfalls-threaten-push-millions-facing-hunger-brink-starvation">funding shortfall</a> of over 60 percent is the highest in WFP’s history.</p> <h6>2022</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1497211_20220317_MDA_Giulio-dAdamo_089.jpg?itok=yhG6imOm" width="300" height="200" alt="a WFP staff talking with a child" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>A Global Food Crisis Begins</strong></p> <p>It is the largest in modern history, with millions at risk from worsening hunger. The<a href="/global-hunger-crisis"> crisis calls for a global response</a> to both the immediate needs and scale, and to the main drivers: the <a href="/emergencies/ukraine-emergency">war in Ukraine</a>, <a href="/anticipatory-actions">climate shocks</a> and threat of global recession.</p> <h6>2020</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/doves.png?itok=QdDqBBQK" width="300" height="315" alt="logo of two birds" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Awarded Nobel Peace Prize</strong></p> <p>It recognizes WFP’s role in addressing food insecurity, improving conditions for peace and acting as a driving force to prevent the use of <a href="/conflict-and-hunger">hunger as a weapon of war and conflict</a>.</p> <p><strong>COVID-19 Pandemic Upends World</strong></p> <p>It <a href="/news/un-report-pandemic-year-marked-spike-world-hunger">deepens poverty, hunger and malnutrition</a> among the most vulnerable people across the globe. WFP adapts its operations to minimize the impact on 138 million people targeted for assistance.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>2010s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>2015</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1181130_20150519_YEM_Abdurahman-Hussein_7713.jpg?itok=0i37a3uJ" width="300" height="200" alt="a girl is taking WFP food" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Yemen War: One of the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crises</strong></p> <p>WFP reaches 9 million hungry <a href="/stories/five-lives-forever-changed-yemens-war">people in Yemen</a> in 2015. By 2021, WFP assistance for over 13 million people stands between them and possible famine.</p> <h6>2014</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1647583_20140909_LBR_Rein-Skullerud_5667.jpg?itok=dWXdoSvS" width="300" height="200" alt="WFP card" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Food Arrives in Ebola Response</strong></p> <p>WFP feeds over 3 million people affected by the West African <a href="/videos/i-am-ebola-survivor-my-story">Ebola virus</a>. WFP also helps 22,000 survivors while coordinating logistics and working with medical, humanitarian and government partners.</p> <h6>2011</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1130592_20110724_SOM_Siegfried-Modola_1085.jpg?itok=pGMLD-6g" width="300" height="200" alt="a group of people" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Horn of Africa Drought Triggers Emergency</strong></p> <p>WFP feeds 1.5 million people across the region, as conflict and insecurity intensify the challenges and Somalia tips into famine.</p> <h6> </h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF181426_SYR_20131203_WFP-Abeer_Etefa_0012.jpg?itok=4ychwcbO" width="300" height="200" alt="a mom is feeding her child" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Long, Gruelling Syria Conflict Starts</strong></p> <p>As fighting kills thousands of people and displaces millions, WFP scales up its emergency response in the region. Despite significant challenges, WFP provides life-saving food and assistance to people in Syria and those fleeing to countries including Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.</p> <h6>2010</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF181033_HTI_20100509_WFP-Rein_Skullerud_RSB9034.jpg?itok=-nl-viV_" width="300" height="200" alt="ruined house" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Help Arrives for 4.5 Million Victims of Haiti Quake</strong></p> <p>Over 230,000 people are killed and 2.3 million forced from their homes when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti. From February to April, WFP provides food to 4.5 million people.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>2000s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>2005</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1681575_20091103_ZMB_Matthias-Steinbach_9001.jpg?itok=NQrO6Gfv" width="300" height="225" alt="a beneficiary" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Vouchers and Cash-Based Assistance Launch</strong></p> <p>Both enable people to buy the food of their choice in markets, rather than receiving rations at distributions. This strengthens local economies and leads people to use mobile phone vouchers and e-cards.</p> <h6> </h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF198793_20040912_LBY_Casey-Kaufmann_0002.jpg?itok=DuK6zXVq" width="300" height="200" alt="WFP truck" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Takes Leadership of Humanitarian Logistics</strong></p> <p>The UN asks WFP to lead emergency logistics for all UN agencies and NGOs. This coordination ensures the humanitarian community has crucial, immediate and reliable logistical support to save lives.</p> <h6>2004</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF198897_20050110_IDN_Rein-Skullerud_0334.jpg?itok=Ik4o6AU3" width="300" height="304" alt="ruined place" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Deadly Tsunami Triggers Need for Global Support</strong></p> <p>WFP launches a massive relief operation for survivors of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which affected 14 countries.</p> <h6>2003</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1701819_20040821_SDN_Richard-Lee_0019.jpg?itok=NFITLD3v" width="300" height="225" alt="UN helicopter" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP-Operated United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Takes Flight</strong></p> <p>More than two decades later, it now annually transports hundreds of thousands of humanitarian workers – as well as life-saving cargo – to the world’s most challenging places.</p> <h6> </h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1678992_20030507_IRQ_David-Gross_000.jpg?itok=fdo5vTAk" width="300" height="200" alt="WFP Staff" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Largest Single Humanitarian Effort in Iraq</strong></p> <p>Following the war in Iraq, WFP feeds a record 27.1 million people there during a seven-month period.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>1990s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>1998</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/HON_199901_WFP-Tom_Haskell_6079_103.jpg?itok=p4mRtuRy" width="300" height="211" alt="a woman is preparing food" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Hurricane Mitch Hammers Central America</strong></p> <p>Hurricane Mitch, one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes, leaves nearly 20,000 people dead or missing in Central America. WFP dispatches food to assist over 600,000 people in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.</p> <h6>1994</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF181419_RWA_1994_WFP-Tom_Haskell_0047.jpg?itok=NkIglRE_" width="300" height="200" alt="WFP cars" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Supplies Reach Survivors and Refugees of Rwandan Genocide</strong></p> <p>Mass killings send 3 million people fleeing into Zaire, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi. WFP delivers food via air and road, and helps play a key role in rebuilding Rwanda.</p> <h6>1992</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF186888_199601_YUG_Tom-Haskell_5142_0059.jpg?itok=-UF5BqCc" width="300" height="210" alt="WFP cars" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Emergency Relief for Europe’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WW2</strong></p> <p>As war rips apart the former Yugoslavia, WFP provides food for hundreds of thousands of people.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>1980s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>1989</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1340624_19990601_SDN_Simone-Casetta_0032.jpg?itok=X-Ldju5Q" width="300" height="240" alt="beneficiaries" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>‘Operation Lifeline Sudan’ Saves Lives</strong></p> <p>Leading a consortium of UN agencies and charities alongside UNICEF, WFP airdrops 1.5 million mt of food on war-torn and drought-afflicted regions of what is now South Sudan. It is the largest humanitarian airdrop in history.</p> <h6>1983</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1701816_198303_ETH_Franco_Mattioli_10781_F18.jpg?itok=KIRJBjmR" width="300" height="203" alt="beneficiaries" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>Worst Famine in 100 Years Hits Ethiopia</strong></p> <p>Images of starvation shock the world, prompting action with “Band Aid” and “Live Aid” fundraising events. From 1983 to 1985, WFP delivers 2 million mt of assistance.</p> <h6>1980</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF186872_1986_THA_Martin-Becka_11361_10.jpg?itok=zj08TaoD" width="300" height="200" alt="beneficiaries" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Heads Relief Operation for Cambodian Refugees</strong></p> <p>WFP heads its first multinational inter-agency relief operation, leading efforts to assist 370,000 Cambodian refugees who have fled to Thailand to escape violence in their homeland.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>1970s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>1973</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF180500_TCD_197308_WFP-Trevor_Page_8936_G_29.jpg?itok=BSbMLs6W" width="300" height="213" alt="a WFP plane" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Leads UN Emergency Relief Airdrops</strong></p> <p>Over 30 cargo aircraft take part in a three-year operation, which includes camel trains, in Africa’s western Sahel, where years of drought have hit countries that are home to 25 million people.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-new__item accordion-new__item--blue"> <h3 class="accordion-new__item-title"> <div class="field field--field-title"> <div>1960s</div> </div> <svg class="accordion-new__item-toggler" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10.621" height="18.243" viewBox="0 0 10.621 18.243"> <g id="Icon_feather-chevron-right" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" transform="translate(2.121 2.121)"> <path id="Icon_feather-chevron-right-2" data-name="Icon feather-chevron-right" d="M13.5,23l7-7-7-7" transform="translate(-13.5 -9)" fill="none" stroke="#007dbc" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="3"/> </g> </svg> </h3> <div class="accordion-new__item-content"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text"> <div><h6>1963</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1715250_196811_EGY_H-Null_6982-K-8A.jpg?itok=a2qr4rSj" width="300" height="217" alt="people are working" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Begins Its Development Mission</strong></p> <p>Construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile in southern Egypt leads to the resettlement of 50,000 Nubian people. Over four years, WFP provides food to help Nubians while developing their new lands.</p> <h6> </h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1701079_1968_TGO_M-Benaissa_7092K19.jpg?itok=hoThcqdb" width="300" height="260" alt="children" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>School Meals Launch in Togo</strong></p> <p>Starting by delivering to 5,000 children in Togo, WFP becomes the world’s largest school meals provider, serving healthy food to millions of learners. The overall goal is to hand programmes over to local governments.</p> <h6>1962</h6> <p><strong>First Operation Under Way</strong></p> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/WF1795784_19620902_IRN_IRNA_4409.jpg?itok=MDTEz8zz" width="300" height="257" alt="ruins" loading="lazy"> </div> <p>When an earthquake in Iran kills over 12,000 people, WFP steps up to provide wheat, sugar and tea.</p> <h6>1961</h6> <div class="align-right media--image media-single-image__wrapper"> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed/public/2024-02/JFKWHP-AR6290-A.jpg?itok=KA0VfrBI" width="300" height="235" alt="WFP" loading="lazy"> </div> <p><strong>WFP Is Born</strong></p> <p>A UN General Assembly resolution officially establishes WFP as a joint UN/FAO effort.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-page-links paragraph--view-mode-full mv4 mv5-lg"> 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