Let’s now look at some of the WFP’s landmark achievements during times of crisis. A major part of the work of the WFP is connected with conflict affected areas.
Northern Iran was one of the first regions to receive aid from the World Food Programme. In September 1962, an earthquake struck the area of Boein Zahra. WFP sent 1,500 metric tons of wheat, 270 tons of sugar and 27 tons of tea to feed the survivors of the disaster.
Later, the WFP offered help to a typhoon-struck Thailand and war refugees of Algeria at the times of its independence. WFP is specially noted for its work during the long famine that affected several parts of Africa including Ethiopia, western Sahel and Sudan. The organisation used anything it could get hold of, from cars to camels to deliver food.
In 1989, WFP launched Operation Lifeline Sudan. Since then, WFP dropped 1.5 million tons of food from the skies above South Sudan to feed the hungry Sudanese.
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