# World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia: what it does

> What the World Food Programme does in Somalia: food and cash aid, Baxnaano, school meals, UNHAS flights; who leads it; funding 2024 to 2026; and what it reports about hunger in 2026.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

WFP says it delivers food, nutrition and cash assistance in emergencies and works on longer-term resilience through social protection, school meals and climate adaptation ([WFP Somalia](https://www.wfp.org/countries/somalia)). It lists these strands:

- **Emergency aid:** food or cash, and fortified foods to treat and prevent malnutrition in children and in pregnant and breastfeeding women.
- **Safety nets:** support to the government-owned national safety net, **Baxnaano**, and to locally sourced school meals.
- **Food systems:** livelihoods training, community assets, help to smallholder farmers, and anticipatory cash before forecast climate shocks.
- **Government support:** policy advice and technical help to federal and member-state ministries.
- **Services:** WFP manages the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), which flies aid workers and supplies.

## Who leads it

Hameed Nuru is WFP's Country Director in Somalia ([UN Somalia, 15 May 2026](https://somalia.un.org/en/316125-un-agencies-warn-worsening-hunger-and-malnutrition-crisis-somalia-famine-risk-emerges)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by WFP for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 431.9 million |
| 2025 | 112.0 million |
| 2026, to November | 55.2 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

The fall from 2024 to 2026 matches WFP's own statement that "critical funding shortages" let it reach "only a fraction of those in need" ([WFP Somalia](https://www.wfp.org/countries/somalia)).

## What it reports

WFP says 5.4 million people in Somalia face emergency levels of hunger on the IPC scale, and that hunger has grown sharply since early 2025. It says there is a risk of famine in Baidoa district for 26,000 displaced people under a worst-case scenario for October to December 2026, and that malnutrition among displaced people in Beledweyne is expected to reach extremely critical levels. It puts poverty at 54% of the population ([WFP Somalia](https://www.wfp.org/countries/somalia)).

## How the work is shared

Baxnaano is run by the [Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs](/en/institutions/ministry-of-labour-and-social-affairs/). School meals link to the [Ministry of Education](/en/institutions/ministry-of-education/). Drought response is coordinated with the [disaster management agency](/en/institutions/disaster-management-agency/) and OCHA.

## How to use it

WFP's Somalia page has its country brief and news ([WFP Somalia](https://www.wfp.org/countries/somalia)).

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