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What’s inside a typical WFP food basket

Rice or flour

A staple item in many countries and vital source of daily energy.

Vegetable oil

Rich in essential fats and vitamins, supporting a healthy immune system.

Lentils or beans

Plant-based protein and fibre, helping maintain a healthy heart and gut.

Salt

Supports a healthy pregnancy and helps child development.

The food basket is based on local food preferences and diets wherever possible so the items could vary.

16/08/2026

WFP is supporting vulnerable communities for whom humanitarian assistance remains a vital source of support. Frontline delivery in hard-to-reach-areas, where markets have collapsed is reaching 550,000 people per month.

Overview

Shared meals will provide food, cash, school meals and help restore livelihoods for vulnerable Ukrainians.

Four years of war and repeated displacement have left many of Ukraine’s most vulnerable people with depleted savings, weakened support networks and few options left. Supermarkets are often closed, poorly stocked or not safely accessible due to the threat of drone attacks. Rising prices have made nutritious food unaffordable for many families, leaving large numbers of people dependent on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. As fighting continues, the World Food Programme (WFP) works alongside local organisations and the Government to provide food and cash assistance to almost 600,000 people in frontline areas and those evacuating, each month. WFP also supports the wider humanitarian response by coordinating convoys to frontline areas and providing essential services to humanitarian partners. Beyond emergency aid, WFP helps communities recover and build resilience. In partnership with the Government, WFP supports daily school meals for 275,000 children in frontline regions, while helping farmers safely return to their land and rebuild their livelihoods. WFP sources all of its food within Ukraine and partners with local bakeries to distribute bread, improving the efficiency of assistance while supporting local jobs, businesses and economic recovery.

Location

Ukraine

Updates21

16/08/2026WFP is supporting vulnerable communities for whom humanitarian assistance remains a vital source of support. Frontline delivery in hard-to-reach-areas, where markets have collapsed is reaching 550,000 people per month.

04/02/2026After four years of war, repeated displacement, attacks on infrastructure and disruption of basic services continue to undermine food security. WFP is distributing food and cash assistance to Ukrainians living near the frontline and those evacuating, supporting more than 600,000 people monthly.

23/10/2025As conflict continues, five million people remain hungry, mostly along the frontlines. Millions of families are forced to sacrifice meals so their children can eat, or they are going into debt to buy food.

29/05/2025More than 80% of the food WFP provides in Ukraine is bought locally. WFP also works with local bakeries to distribute bread, including 18 small bakeries in the frontline areas. WFP also provides vital equipment to bakeries such as generators and ovens.

24/02/2025After 3 years of war, WFP continues to provide food assistance to displaced people and families living near the frontlines.

21/11/2024WFP’s school feeding programme supports daily nutritious meals for up to 174,000 schoolchildren around Ukraine. WFP also works with local bakeries to distribute bread, including 15 small bakeries in frontline areas.

18/10/2024September 2024 was the deadliest month for civilians in almost two years. WFP continues to support around 1.7 million people a month with food and cash assistance.

14/04/2024WFP has recently expanded its school feeding programme in Ukraine to support daily nutritious meals for more than 100,000 children in more than 700 schools across the country.

24/02/20242 years into the war, WFP has distributed more than $550 million to over 3 million people through cash transfers - so they are able to buy food.

20/02/2024Despite huge challenges, WFP has given food and cash equivalent to 2.4 billion meals to families affected since 2022 — and counting.

15/06/2023WFP has distributed 92,000 ready-to-eat rations - such as bread and canned beans – to people evacuated following the Nova Kakhovka dam flooding.

24/02/2023Today is the one-year mark of the Ukraine war. So far, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 1.3 billion meals to families displaced and affected.

02/01/2023From January 2023, WFP will support daily school meals in an initial 58 schools in the Kyiv region.

03/10/2022WFP has procured over 200,000 mt of wheat grain from Ukraine since the signing of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

21/08/2022The first WFP vessel has left Ukraine carrying 23,000 metric tons of wheat grain.

07/08/2022WFP welcomes the agreement signed to open Black Sea ports for food and fertiliser exports and calls for its swift and sustainable implementation to help address the global food crisis and support Ukraine’s economy.

19/07/2022Since April, WFP has transferred a total of US$140 million in cash and vouchers to families affected by the crisis.

15/06/2022Last month, WFP supported 2.2 million vulnerable Ukrainians.

20/04/2022Six weeks into the conflict, WFP has reached 1.3 million people in Ukraine: through food assistance to families in encircled and conflict-affected areas, and cash-based transfers in areas where markets are functioning.

05/04/2022In Kharkiv, over 330,000 loaves of freshly baked bread have been provided so far.

28/03/2022WFP has reached 716,000 people with food assistance since the beginning of the crisis.