Carl Skau
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Carl Skau
@WFPChief
Back in Jerusalem with our team. Gaza remains brutal, the West Bank is deteriorating. Our teams reach over a million Palestinians every month with food, but progress is fragile without sustained access, shelter and medicine. There is no recovery without an end to this conflict.
00:00- This @USForeignAssist support comes at a critical moment and will make a real difference for millions of people slipping into hunger. Our teams are ready to deliver at speed and scale. Now is the time to scale up global support.Critical new funding from @USForeignAssist will support WFP’s life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries. The announcement comes at a moment of unprecedented global need driving hunger to record
- Carl Skau reposted
📍#DRC: Nearly 10M people in the eastern provinces face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity due to ongoing conflict. Now, the Ebola outbreak risks pushing the most vulnerable communities deeper into hunger. Food and health supplies must keep flowing. - Carl Skau reposted
#Riyadh | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. @W_Elkhereiji received Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme @WFP, Carl Skau.
- What links oil prices in the U.S. to a mother trying to feed her children in Afghanistan? In this interview with @jmhansler, I discuss how crises, funding cuts, and conflicts are shaping hunger worldwide.Ripple effects from the war in Iran are threatening millions more of the most vulnerable people with crisis levels of hunger or worse, @WFP acting Executive Director @CarlSkau told CNN cnn.com/2026/06/10/pol…
- Carl Skau reposted⚠️Three months after warning that the Middle East crisis could push millions more people into hunger, new analysis shows that the fallout is already having deep and long-lasting effects. Vulnerable families far from the center of the crisis are being hit the hardest. 🔗
- Great meeting with H.E. Eng. @AlfadleyA. We focused on private sector partnerships, sustainable solutions, and scaling @MEWA_KSA’s innovations to tackle food insecurity in Gaza, Syria, Sudan and Yemen. Looking forward to continue this important partnership.معالي الوزير يلتقي نائب المدير التنفيذي ورئيس العمليات ببرنامج الأغذية العالمي للأمم المتحدة، وجرى خلال اللقاء مناقشة أوجه التعاون المشترك بين البرنامج والمملكة.
- The Ebola outbreak in #DRCongo has quickly spread from four to 25 health zones. @WFP_UNHAS is supporting the response: ✈️ 90+ flights so far 👥 680+ frontline responders transported 📦 ~10 metric tons of critical supplies delivered This frontline support is essential to contain
00:00 - Carl Skau reposted"I have never seen anything like it." After visits to Afghanistan, Sudan and beyond, WFP’s Acting Executive Director @CarlSkau reflects on a worsening hunger crisis — and what funding cuts mean for families on the frontlines. Read his first‑person account ⤵️
- Great discussions at the @WorldBankGroup #FragilityForum. I joined @DMiliband and @bjerde_anna to discuss the impact of stronger partnerships in times of crisis. With our local partners, we reach people further and faster, and ensure our support lasts longer than our presence.
