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Refugees receive food items from Welthungerhilfe staff in a refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan.

17.08.2018 | Press Release There Is a Lack of Political Solutions

On World Humanitarian Day, Welthungerhilfe is calling for stronger political commitment on the part of the international community.

A mother with her baby in the Kayes region, Mali.

27.07.2018 | Press Release Mali ahead of the Presidential Elections

Welthungerhilfe Demands Reforms for More Security and Less Hunger

Eine Frau sitzt auf dem Boden, ihre Hände sind voller Asche.

25.07.2018 | Project Update Rohingya Tragedy Even Without a Flood

In the refugee camps in Bangladesh, many Rohingya are at risk of getting sick. "Hygiene assistans" protect the people from epidemics.

Azim Choragabov (65) in his garden in Pokhut village, Zerafshan valley, Northern Tajikistan.

24.07.2018 | Project Update Listen how the plants grow

Azim Choragabov is a farmer with heart and soul. But climate change poses an enormous challenge to people like him in Tajikistan.

Kind im Flüchtlings-Camp in Bentiu, Südsudan

09.07.2018 | Press Release Dire Situation After Seven Years

South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, becomes seven years old on 9th July. Its performance till this day has been catastrophic.

From left to right: Head of Communications Simone Pott, President of Welthungerhilfe Bärbel Dieckmann and CEO Dr. Till Wahnbaeck at the press conference for Welthungerhilfe's Annual Report 2017 in Berlin.

19.06.2018 | Press Release Welthungerhilfe presents 2017 Annual Report

War and rising refugee numbers threaten successes of development assistance.

Lucio Bravo and Willy Miguel Sanchez with a cocoa plant.

18.06.2018 | Blog The World Is Getting Better

For the first time in history, humanity is in a position to end hunger. Does that have something to do with the successes of development cooperation?...

The heads of state and government pose for the traditional "family photo" at the G7 summit 2018

10.06.2018 | Press Release G7: Missed opportunity in the fight against hunger

Welthungerhilfe is disappointed about the outcome of the G7 summit in Charlevoix (Canada). There is only one glimmer of hope.

04.06.2018 | Blog Monsoon threatens Rohingya

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar face the threat of a disaster within a disaster. The cyclone and monsoon season is just around the corner.

Dead cattle on a road in the Aro Waren region.

23.05.2018 | Press Release Tropical Cyclone in Somaliland

Welthungerhilfe: Emergency Relief for Survivors Underway

25.04.2018 | Blog United in diversity

How Syrian and Turkish women in Istanbul are leading the way in integration.

A mother and her child escape the destruction in the Syrian town of Douma in the district of Damascus (2015)

23.04.2018 | Press Release Syria: The situation could escalate dramatically in the province of Idlib

In the run-up to the EU donor conference on Syria, Welthungerhilfe warns that there could be a humanitarian disaster in the province of Idlib.