Grants and Contributions

February 2026 - Food insecurity remains at alarming level in many countries, driven by conflicts, climate change, and economic shocks. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies and saves lives by quickly getting food assistance to crisis-affected populations. WFP also provides common services to humanitarian agencies by transporting humanitarian workers and light cargo and conducting emergency medical and security evacuations.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), WFP provides targeted emergency food assistance to crisis-affected populations to reduce acute food insecurity and malnutrition and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfers; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women and girls; and (3) providing logistical support to humanitarian agencies and enabling access to the most remote and hard-to-reach locations. This project operates in multiple countries, including Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen and Globally.

This project aims to strengthen peace and human rights in a volatile region by promoting inclusive community planning, social cohesion, and gender equity by supporting state institutions and local actors to build governance capacity to strengthen resilience. The project supports urgent needs including shock-responsive agriculture, climate adaptation, and livelihood restoration, to address the impacts of regional insecurity and climate volatility. It also enhances household and community resilience by providing sustainable food production systems, irrigation infrastructure, and training, to mitigate the economic and environmental shocks affecting Northern Nigeria.

Project activities include: (1) Support to the development and creation of community and household assets for sustainable food production, post-harvest handling and market linkages; (2) Providing vocational training for youth in agribusiness and digital skills including financial inclusion through National Identification Number (NIN) registration; (3) Strengthening early warning systems for shock responsive social protection using anticipatory action through training and support with development of frameworks and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); and (4) Strengthening the state social protection policy to include safety nets.

This grant represents Canada's support for the World Food Program (WFP) Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Program. It is part of a larger contribution to the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Program, which supports the filling of up to 20 positions by young Canadian professionals.

WFP uses these funds to recruit and appoint up to four young Canadians to JPO positions, allowing them to gain professional on-the-ground experience in international development and also helping the organization fulfill its mandate and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
WFP is the largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger and plays a vital role in providing humanitarian assistance that saves lives, alleviates suffering and preserves the dignity of people in countries affected by conflict and natural disaster around the world.

January 2026 – When people are affected by sudden crises, whether conflict, insecurity, or natural disaster, access to food is one of the most immediate and critical needs that they face. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies and saves lives by quickly getting food assistance to crisis-affected populations. WFP also provides common services to humanitarian agencies by transporting humanitarian workers and light cargo and conducting emergency medical and security evacuations.

With Global Affairs Canada’s support, WFP provides targeted emergency food assistance to crisis-affected populations to reduce acute food insecurity and malnutrition and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfers; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women and girls; and (3) providing logistical support to humanitarian agencies and enabling access to the most remote and hard-to-reach locations. This project is responding to emergency needs in Sub-Saharan Africa, including refugees in Burundi, people affected by flooding in Mozambique, and by cyclones in Madagascar.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies, saves lives by quickly getting food assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications, WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports humanitarian workers, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in Palestine, where the United Nations estimates 3.62 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), WFP helps provide targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfer; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, and pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support and enabling access to the most remote and challenging locations.

This project aims to enhance climate resilience and food security of vulnerable indigenous and rural populations - focusing on women, girls and youth - in the Colombian Amazonian region. Project activities include: (1) using nature-based solutions and climate information services integrating traditional knowledge and practices to empower local communities to adapt effectively to climate variability and extreme weather; (2) fostering sustainable agricultural practices and food systems, aiming to enhance the communities' ability to achieve long-term resilience; and (3) strengthening the leadership of women to participate in climate governance and decision-making spaces.

This project aims to improve inclusive and gender-responsive, comprehensive disaster management in the Caribbean Region focusing on vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls. The World Food Programme, in partnership with regional and national agencies, works to build capacity and strengthen disaster response and social protection systems, ensuring that vulnerable households and populations are supported to prepare for and recover from shocks.

Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to national governments in areas that will support the strengthening of social protection and disaster response systems, such as identification and registration, vulnerability analyses, mapping, information management and data analysis, digitalization, and predictions and assessments of the impact of shocks; (2) providing top-ups to increase national insurance coverage made available by CCRIF-SPC, to enable the equivalent portion of payments received following a disaster to be transferred directly through social protection systems to those most vulnerable and in need of assistance; (3) identifying and developing mechanisms for anticipatory action financing to enable the disbursement of funds to the most vulnerable to aid their preparedness in advance of a predictable event (e.g. hurricane); (4) supporting continued progress on establishing and operationalizing the Regional Logistics Hub and Centre of Excellence in coordination with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and other partners; and (5) operationalizing the Centre of Excellence training facility and delivering training for disaster response personnel and logisticians.

This project will be implemented in Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. The targeted beneficiaries will be populations living in vulnerable situations, particularly women and girls in the targeted countries. Additionally, national governments and regional, and national organizations will benefit from capacity building initiatives and technical assistance.

With support from GAC and other international donors, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is meeting the emergency food assistance and nutrition needs of an estimated 4.7 million drought-affected people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda.