World Food Program USA
2014 SNAPSHOT 80 million 82 countries.
Malnutrition
WFP reached
people with food assistance in
contributes to more deaths each year than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
At any given moment, there are approximately
5,000 trucks, 70 aircraft 20 ships and
delivering WFP food assistance across the planet.
64%
81%
of the food WFP
procured in 2014 came from
developing countries. 17 million kids
of WFP’s beneficiaries
in 2014 were children.
WFP meals in school or take-home rations.
6 Level 3 emergencies— In 2014, WFP faced
90% based in the field, More than
received
of WFP’s 14,500 employees are
the most
serious U.N. classification and the highest number of simultaneous emergencies in the agency’s 50-year
where they coordinate relief efforts, monitor progress
history: Syria, South Sudan, Philippines, Iraq, Central
and help communities achieve self-sufficiency.
African Republic and West Africa.