Founded in 1961, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency saving and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working to improve nutrition and build resilience. Against the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, climate shocks and an unprecedented number of violent conflicts since World War 2, food insecurity is reaching record levels on all continents.

WFP leads or co-leads humanitarian response and provides services such as the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), UN Humanitarian Response Depots network (UNHRD) as well as the three Inter-Agency Standing Committee Clusters (Logistics, Emergency Telecommunications and Food Security Cluster, with FAO). WFP is prioritizing support for the most vulnerable populations in contexts such as Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen or Palestine.

Each year, SDC is allocating predictable quality funding (to the IRA and to country programmes) so that WFP can plan its activities. In addition, it provides further contributions in the event of unforeseen humanitarian crisis, for complementary projects of an innovative or strategic nature, or for the deployment of experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit to support the achievement of WFP’s strategic objectives. 

WFP’s mission is a world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life.

The underlying vision for WFP's strategic plan for 2022-2025 envisages a world where food insecurity and malnutrition (SDG 2 - Zero Hunger) have been eliminated, and where both national and global stakeholders have successfully reached the SDGs (SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals).

WFP's overall goal is to deliver urgent food aid in situations of imminent danger while also assisting nations in their efforts to leave no one behind.

WFP Strategic Plan 22-25 aims that:

1. 1People are better able to meet their urgent food and nutrition needs.
2. People have better nutrition, health and education outcomes.
3. People have improved and sustainable livelihoods.
4. National programmes and systems are strengthened.
5. Humanitarian and development actors are more efficient and effective.

Principaux résultats attendus:   WFP combats hunger in 86 of the world's least developed and low-income countries, where individuals affected by conflicts, natural disasters, refugees, displaced persons, and impoverished communities endure acute food scarcities.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

• In 2024, WFP provided assistance to 124 million people across 116 countries (74%♀; 57% >0-6 year old). It maintained efficient assistance and dignity of assisted people through delivery of USD 2.1 billion of cash-based and voucher assistance. It supported country capacity strengthening systems in 86 countries.
• WFP was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize "for its endeavours in fighting hunger, improving conditions for peace in conflict-ridden regions, and leading initiatives to prevent hunger from being used as a tool of war."
• Switzerland continues its constructive policy work on high-impact areas such as Governance, Protection & Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Localization. Total Swiss contributions have diminished (-27%; from USD 122 M in 2023 to USD 88 M in 2024), notably because of fewer sudden-onset crises compared with past years.

Phase 14 01.12.2025 - 31.12.2026   (Active)