page_title: World Food Programme
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: World Food Programme / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor David Beasley in Annapolis
context_page_description: The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. According to the WFP, it provides food assistance to an average of 91.4 million people in 83 countries each year. From its headquarters in Rome and from more than 80 country offices around the world, the WFP works to help people who cannot produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group and part of its executive committee.
context_section_description: The WFP is governed by an executive board which consists of representatives from 36 member states. David Beasley, from South Carolina, United States, is the current executive director, appointed jointly by the UN Secretary General and the director-general of the FAO for a five-year term. He heads the secretariat of the WFP. The European Union is a permanent observer in the WFP and, as a major donor, participates in the work of its executive board. 
  Its vision is a "world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life."
  The WFP has a staff of about 18,555 people, the majority of whom work in remote areas.
caption: David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme
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