The international community’s response to famine prevention is in urgent need of reform as nearly one million people face famine conditions. Six countries are at highest risk of famine: Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Yemen, northeast Nigeria, and South Sudan. They host nearly 100 million people facing food insecurity – close to one-third of the global caseload. This represents a tripling in food insecurity compared to the ‘four famines’ risk in 2017. By late 2022, these states already hosted nearly one million people who were projected to slip into famine conditions and millions more on the brink, putting them at risk of starvation. Getting the global response right in these states could tip the scale away from catastrophe.

The Nourish to Flourish Initiative works to provide stability for small business owners and restauranteurs while simultaneously addressing food insecurity in vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic in Salt Lake County.

The devastating impact of the war in Ukraine is being felt by crisis-affected communities around the world. People living in low-income, food import-dependent countries already impacted by conflict, COVID-19 and climate change are now suffering from the ripple effects of food supply chain disruptions, skyrocketing food prices and rising inflation. Drawing on the IRC’s work in food insecure contexts, this report outlines how the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are compounding a pre-existing hunger crisis, and how the G7 and wider international community can prevent the war from pushing other vulnerable communities closer to famine.

The IRC has outlined key priorities for the United Nations General Assembly in 2023.

The Immigrant Welcoming Task Force at First Congregational Church in Bellevue spent the month of February gathering pantry staples, seasonings, spices, and condiments to stock the IRC in Seattle's emergency food pantry.

Families in Somalia are facing theCOVID-19 pandemic, conflict and hunger.

Climatic shocks have created a devastating food insecurity crisis across East Africa. Over the last few years, the dangerous combination of prolonged drought and flooding has led to soaring levels of severe malnutrition, especially among children.

Aisho, a mother of three, fled her home in Jalaqlaqsi, Somalia earlier this year because of severe drought. She brought her 20-month-old twins to be treated at an IRC clinic for malnutrition. No parent should have to watch their child suffer from starvation, yet 1.7 million Somalis face food insecurity. Watch to hear her family's inspiring story of hope and survival.

The IRC and World Central Kitchen, founded by Chef José Andrés, are working together to combat food insecurity in communities hardest hit by COVID-19 and its economic effects.

A compound crisis of armed conflict and climate change is driving unprecedented levels of humanitarian need, displacement and food insecurity in the Central Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. But these impacts are distributed neither equally nor randomly across the region. This report examines how political decisions dating from the French colonial rule through the early 2000s have marginalized peripheral areas of the Central Sahel states both economically and politically.