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13/10/2026

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📩 Latest Edition - October 2026

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12/10/2026

👩🏾‍🌾 Nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica's women farmers are still rebuilding livelihoods, supporting families, and strengthening resilience.

From damaged farms and lost income to the challenges of accessing finance and adapting to a changing climate, rural women farmers continue to play a vital role in feeding their communities.

Read their inspiring stories of recovery and learn how WFP, in partnership with the Jamaica Network for Rural Women Producers, is supporting recovery through cash assistance and resilience-building efforts.

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08/10/2026

📣 Join the WFP Caribbean Team!

Are you passionate about making a difference and looking to gain valuable experience with the world's largest humanitarian organization?

The World Food Programme (WFP) Caribbean Multi-Country Office is currently recruiting for two internship opportunities based in Bridgetown, Barbados:

🌍 Communications Intern
Help tell stories of impact, support digital communications, create engaging content, and showcase WFP's work across the Caribbean.

📊 Monitoring & Evaluation Intern
Support data collection, analysis, reporting, and learning to help strengthen programme effectiveness and impact.

📍 Bridgetown, Barbados
⏳ Full-time internships

Apply today: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2yxpkxs4

07/10/2026

🚀 How can social protection systems better respond to disasters and other shocks?

The new Self-Paced Online Course on Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean is now open for registration.

Explore how social protection and disaster risk management can work together to protect vulnerable populations and strengthen resilience before, during, and after crises.

✅ Free & fully online
✅ Self-paced learning
✅ Caribbean-focused content
✅ Certificate of Achievement upon successful completion of all requirement

🔗 Register here https://lnkd.in/enyyJ5PB

Join professionals across the Caribbean who are building the knowledge and skills needed to strengthen shock-responsive social protection systems and improve preparedness for future shocks.

01/10/2026

🌿 In Suriname's Amazon, World Food Programme is helping Indigenous and Maroon communities stay ahead of through early action that protects food, livelihoods and access to essential services.

Read more:

In Suriname, rivers are more than waterways. They are roads, marketplaces, and lifelines connecting communities deep within the country's vast and remote rainforest interior. For generations, Indigenous and Maroon communities have relied on these waterways, adapting their lives to the rhythms of nat...

29/09/2026

🌱 From reducing postharvest losses to transforming Caribbean agrifood systems, yesterday’s panel sparked important conversations on turning ideas into action. Looking forward to more dialogue, partnerships and solutions this week!

28/09/2026

From preparedness to response, strong logistics can make all the difference. World Food Programme is proud to partner with the Government of Belize and NEMO to strengthen emergency logistics capacity and help ensure Belize is better prepared to respond when emergencies arise.

25/09/2026

🌱 Reducing Postharvest Losses, Transforming Caribbean Agrifood Systems

How can we reduce food losses, strengthen resilience and build more sustainable agrifood systems across the Caribbean? 🌾

Join regional institutions, development partners, academia, the private sector and financiers for a solutions-focused conversation exploring practical and scalable approaches to reducing postharvest losses.

From research and technology to financing and stronger partnerships, the session will focus on turning ideas into action and advancing the transformation of Caribbean agrifood systems.

📅 Monday 28th
⏰ 10:45 AM–12:00 Noon
Location - Jamaica

🤝 Join the conversation and be part of shaping solutions for stronger, more resilient Caribbean food systems.

22/09/2026

We’re looking forward to in Jamaica! 🌱🇯🇲

World Food Programme is proud to join regional partners in advancing conversations and solutions that strengthen food security, resilient food systems and Caribbean communities.

Together, we can turn regional collaboration into lasting impact.

16/09/2026

Barbados and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have reaffirmed their commitment to continued partnership, which has led to effective collaboration on disaster risk mitigation strategies and response initiatives.
https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/barbados-wfp-committed-to-continued-collaboration/