What does WFP do to promote development?
WFP’s development activities aim to make communities food secure, so that they can devote time, attention and energy to escaping the poverty trap. Food-for-Assets projects give community members food in return for work on roads, schools, wells or irrigation systems. Food may also support them as they start small businesses or replant degraded forests. Under its school feeding projects, WFP provides free lunches that attract children to school and give them the energy to study. Food also encourages pregnant mothers and pre-school children to visit health care clinics.
