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The World Food Programme is the
humanitarian organization in the world. Last
, it gave help to more than 97 million people in 88 countries. Its workers and
often work in extremely dangerous
. These can be in remote, hard-to-access
of the world. Over two-thirds of its work is in conflict-affected countries. People in war
are three times more likely to be
than those in countries without conflict. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to global food
. The WFP said: "There will likely be 265 million
people within a year." The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called the WFP "the world's first responder on the frontlines of food
".