Japan pledges support to school meals and nutritious supplements, for refugees in Rwanda

Photo by Aristide Gatera The Government of Japan today announced new financing (through an International Organization Cooperation Grant) amounting to 1.31 million USD to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in... Read more »

Minister of Education Twagirayezu received WFP Country Director

The Minister of Education Gaspard Twagirayezu received Mr. Andrea Bagnoli, the WFP Rwanda Country Director, and Dr. Mutinta Nseluke Hambayi, the Deputy Country Director.  They discussed the WFP’s Country Strategic Plan for... Read more »

WFP welcomes Є 4m from Austria and Germany to support refugees and asylum seekers in Rwanda

Asylum seekers at Mahama- Photo: WFP –John Paul Sesonga This December, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed two much needed financial contributions of EUR 2 million each from Austria’s... Read more »

Japan decided to support WFP on provision of food assistance in Rwanda

The Government of Japan announces its support to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Rwanda’s programme for providing food assistance to asylum seekers and Rwandan returnees, amounting to USD 1.2 million. Considering... Read more »

IWMI, WFP to start new partnership for food, land and water security in fragile communities

The World Food Programme (WFP) launched a partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR Research Center, at COP28 on December 8. The partnership will support private-sector innovators who are... Read more »

WFP hands over agricultural assets to districts, marking a milestone in food security and gender equality

The World Food Programme (WFP) is proud to announce the successful handover of the assets created through the Sustainable Market Alliance and Asset Creation for Resilient Communities and Gender Transformation (SMART) project. ... Read more »

WFP supports thousands of people displaced by flooding and landslides in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed contributions worth US$1.2 million from the governments of Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)... Read more »

WFP increases food assistance for refugees in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has increased food assistance for refugees in all five camps across Rwanda by 43 percent to help them meet their basic needs following the increase... Read more »

Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis

As crowds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thronged on Thursday to hear Pope Francis’s message of hope and solidarity on day three of his official visit to Central Africa,... Read more »

WFP welcomes funding from the United States to support refugees in Rwanda

Mahama refugee camp in eastern Rwanda The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the United States (through USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) to provide... Read more »