Who Are We?

The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters.

After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives.

WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1962, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life.

We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome - the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - as well as other government, UN and NGO partners.

In 2009 we aim to reach more than 100 million people with food assistance in 74 countries. Around 10,000 people work for the organization, most of them in remote areas, directly serving the hungry poor.

For more info about WFP please visit www.wfp.org

WFP in the oPt

WFP has been providing food assistance to the occupied Palestinian territory since 1991.

The Country Office is located in Jerusalem and is supported by an office in Gaza, sub-offices in Nablus and Hebron, as well as a logistics office in Ashdod.

WFP employs over 100 staff in the oPt, both national and international.

In 2009, food assistance is provided to a total of 413,000 Palestinian beneficiaries in the West Bank and 365,000 in the Gaza Strip.

The assistance is provided through four different WFP programmes:

1) An Emergency Operation (EMOP) in Gaza.

2) A Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in the West Bank.

3) A Food Voucher Emergency Operation in the West Bank.

4) A Special Operation (SO): Logistics Cluster.

In 2008, WFP assisted 683,000 Palestinian people in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.In order to achieve this, the total food expenditures amounted to USD 50 million for 65 metric tons of food.

That same year, WFP purchased USD 8,5 million worth of food products locally, in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank. These food products range from sugar, salt, milk, biscuits, vegetable oil, chick peas and dates.