SBP Stories from the Field

Robert Kalenga (far right) takes part in consultations with communities who had been affected by the 2024 floods to develop flood preparedness planning in the Kousse’ri sub-division, Far North region of Cameroon. @Alain Okomo, Croix Rouge Cameroon Cameroon continues to face complex and prolonged humanitarian crisis driven by conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and climate shocks. Ongoing violence has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, while instability in neighbou

In 2024, rains didn’t fall as usual in 84 of 116 districts in Zambia, and the drought was expected to last a year. A drought response appeal was launched by the President of the Republic of Zambia on 16 April 2024, which indicated that 6.6 million people were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.   The WASH sector was activated by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) in December 2024, led by the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation (MWDS) with UNICE

Zena conducting trainings of trainers in the field, one targeting partners in French and one targeting Sudanese community mobilisers in Arabic. @Karl-Max Nodjiram/ NIRVANA Shelter, clean water, food – these are obvious life-saving responses to people who have fled their homes. Mental health is often pushed down the line to some later time, and thought of only as counselling and clinical treatment – but responding to people’s mental health and psychosocial needs has to be thou

In a packed community hall in northern Uganda, Rolf Lienekogel and his colleagues faced one of the hardest conversations of their careers. Refugee leaders sat across from them, waiting to hear why food rations were being slashed—again. Some asked if their children would still eat. Others demanded to know why their families were no longer considered “vulnerable enough.”

To enable support for responses aimed at sustainable energy and environmental protection, the DRC Standby Roster recently recruited a...

More than a million people in Gaza are experiencing a severe hunger crisis . As the humanitarian crisis deepens, the United Nations...

Tajikistan, a vulnerable, low-income Central Asian country, faces heightened food insecurity exacerbated by climate change, economic...

For decades, Palestine has faced a protracted and complex protection and humanitarian crisis. A sustainable reduction in humanitarian...

As part of the massive earthquake response in Türkiye in early 2023, WFP leveraged its partnership with iMMAP Inc to deploy information...

Climate crisis is one of the main drivers of hunger today. Consequently, WFP is helping food insecure communities to prepare for,...

The Somali region, known for its predominantly arid and semi-arid environment, faces multiple challenges such as drought and food...

The Central African Republic (CAR) is landlocked country highly impacted by historic conflicts. This situation has led to massive...

The Somali Region is a predominantly arid part of eastern Ethiopia mainly inhabited by pastoralists. During the year, there is virtually...

As a standby partner to the United Nations, RedR Australia has been drawing on our roster of expert technicians to respond to the complex...

Since 1991 the World Food Programme (WFP) collaborates with a vast network of Standby Partners consisting of public and private...

Highly skilled humanitarian professionals are called upon to help WHO's responses globally during an emergency. With funding from FCDO, ...

It has been one year since WHO scaled up operations following the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. This has been the largest...

Since 1991 WFP collaborates with a vast network of Standby Partners consisting of public and private organizations complementing WFP’s...

In 2021, Angola faced its worst drought in 40 years, leaving 1.58 million people in severe food insecurity. We spoke with Prabhu...

Since 1991 WFP collaborates with a vast network of Standby Partners consisting of public and private organizations complementing WFP’s...