WFP Namibia

21/08/2026

🌱 Growing food. Nourishing children. Strengthening communities.

At Stampriet Combined School, the Food Systems Project is connecting local food production with school feeding - providing fresh vegetables and eggs to help ensure learners have access to nutritious meals.

But the impact goes beyond the school gates. The project is also supporting practical agricultural skills for learners, providing produce to community soup kitchens serving elderly people, people with disabilities and orphanages, while creating livelihood opportunities for community members.

With support from the Embassy of Brazil in Namibia, WFP Namibia is helping demonstrate how integrated food systems can improve nutrition, strengthen resilience and create opportunities for communities. 🇧🇷🇳🇦

From the soil to the school kitchen, every harvest is an investment in a healthier, more resilient future.

19/08/2026

On World Humanitarian Day, we honour the people working every day to support communities and build a more food-secure, resilient Namibia. 🇳🇦🌍

Together, we act. Together, we build resilience. Together, we leave no one behind.

06/08/2026

Happy Breastfeeding Week from RightStart!

Breastfeeding helps mothers to reduce stress, support healthy weight loss after pregnancy, and can lower the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. For babies, breastfeeding helps reduce the risk of malnutrition, protects against infections, and supports healthy growth and development.

Continue breastfeeding up to 2 years or beyond to give your child the best start in life.

05/08/2026

As unfolds, 49 million more people in 45 countries could face acute food insecurity.

The impacts are expected to vary across regions, but countries already facing high levels of vulnerability are likely to be among the hardest hit.

📍Latin America and the Caribbean could see the sharpest increase, with 16 million additional people at risk, with Central America. In East and Southern Africa, food security could deteriorate for 18 million people, while 8.2 million more people could face acute food insecurity in Asia and the Pacific. Across West and Central Africa, an additional 6 million people could be affected.

But there is an opportunity to act before weather shocks escalate into food crises.

WFP is already implementing anticipatory action in countries at risk, using forecasts and early warning systems to support communities before impacts worsen.
➡️ In Central America, more than 76,000 people have been reached through cash transfers, staple grain distributions and weather monitoring.
➡️ In Mauritania and Chad, 290,000 people have received support through cash assistance and early warning messages.

Early action helps people protect their food security and livelihoods while reducing the humanitarian impacts of droughts, floods and other weather extremes. In fact, every US$1 invested in anticipatory action can generate up to US$7 in avoided humanitarian losses.

With the right support, communities can prepare, adapt and strengthen their resilience before weather extremes become food crises.

29/07/2026

29/07/2026

in Namibia has the right to adequate nutrition to have the in life. 🌱🍎

Funded by the Delegation of the European Union to Namibia, we’re helping ensure that young children receive the nutrition, care, and early learning opportunities they need to thrive.

Together with Unicef Namibia, WFP Namibia is strengthening nutrition, supporting quality education, and giving children the best possible start for a healthier, brighter future.

28/07/2026

🌍🤝 WFP Namibia is proud to be part of the Namibian delegation visiting Rwanda to learn from the success of its National School Feeding Programme.

Together with colleagues from the Ministry of Education Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, policy managers, and school feeding coordinators, WFP Namibia is participating in technical exchanges and field visits to learn how has built a strong and sustainable school feeding system.

The visit focuses on best practices in decentralized procurement, school-level monitoring, and integrating smallholder farmers and cooperatives into school feeding supply chains. We are also engaging with key government institutions and partners, including WFP Rwanda.

We thank the Government of Rwanda and all partners for their warm welcome and commitment to collaborative learning.

27/07/2026

24/07/2026

🌱 Growing healthier futures, one school garden at a time.

Together with the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN), WFP Namibia is strengthening school food systems in East, West and through climate-smart agriculture training, sustainable food production, and improved nutrition.

By supporting school gardens, poultry and irrigation systems, this initiative is helping schools produce fresh, nutritious food while building skills, resilience and stronger communities.

24/07/2026