Ukraine one year on: WFP Country Director on minefields, looming threats and 1.3 billion meals provided to millions of civilians in need
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 24, 2023
Over five million Ukrainians have been displaced within their country because of the war. The number of those seeking refuge across Europe has reached eight million. Photo: WFP/Marco Frattini
In Ukraine, it’s the scale of things that strikes one the most – the scale of the challenge, of the threat, of the country itself.
“We spend days on the move every month,” says Matthew Hollingworth, the World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Ukraine. “And I mean that literally – days travelling, on the road. In trains, in cars, on our way to frontline communities . . .
