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A child sits next to an old woman lying on a blanket on the ground.

14.05.2019 | Press Release Welthungerhilfe: "Our Work is Being Severely Hindered"

The UN Security Council meets today, chaired by Germany, to discuss fighting in the Syrian province of Idlib.

German Chancellor Merkel is holding an interview.

06.05.2019 | Press Release The Sahel Region Needs Security and Development

Chancellor Merkel Travels to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

After Cyclone Idai: Juliana has also lost her house and is now living in a temporary emergency shelter.

26.03.2019 | Press Release Cyclone Idai - Welthungerhilfe Expands Emergency Assistance

Disastrous situation after Cyclone Idai: 700,000 euros are being provided for distribution of urgently needed aid supplies.

A woman and her children sitting in front of a house destroyed by cyclone Idai

20.03.2019 | Blog Emergency Response following Cyclone Idai

Houses, schools and hospitals are destroyed, crops and livestock lost. Many of the survivors of cyclone Idai are left with nothing.

25.02.2019 | Press Release International UN Donor Conference on Yemen

Welthungerhilfe: We Must Prevent a Famine

Men holding sacks full of seeds labelled 'ACTED'

05.02.2019 | Press Release Welthungerhilfe Steps Up Emergency Response in Yemen

According to Welthungerhilfe’s assessment, the situation in Yemen is dramatically worsening despite current peace efforts.

A young man sits next to a heap of rubble.

04.02.2019 | Guest Commentary Yemen: Report from a Country in Ruins

Julian Zakrzewski explains that people can be helped in a country that is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time.

Members of the Security Council voting by show of hands

28.12.2018 | Press Release Germany’s Seat On The UN Security Council

Welthungerhilfe expects of the German Government to use its seat to counter the threat of erosion of international humanitarian law.

Children in the mountains of Afghanistan's Parwan province

14.12.2018 | Blog Bracing For Winter In Afghanistan

How fuel-efficient stoves and ovens help one village stay warm and save on wood this winter

Ein Mann trägt ein Mädchen durch Trümmer im Jemen.

11.12.2018 | Press Release Hunger in Yemen

Welthungerhilfe: We must not allow a second Biafra

A frightened woman looking through her fingers

29.11.2018 | Press Release DR Congo before the Elections: Ebola, War and Hunger

According to the Welthungerhilfe, the situation of the people in Eastern Congo is worsening dramatically.

22.11.2018 | Blog Rethinking Aid: Involving Crisis-Affected People

Crisis-affected people are the central agents in their own response and recovery. If local knowledge and contextual understanding are key for making...