The United Nations World Food Program said ‌on Wednesday it welcomed an $800 million contribution from the United States, following previous funding cuts from President Donald Trump's administration.

The funds will help scale up assistance and respond ‌rapidly to emerging crises at a time ​when global hunger is at record levels and the number of people facing acute ⁠hunger is expected to rise this year, WFP ​said.

The U.S. is the WFP's biggest donor, ⁠but its contribution more than halved from 2024 to around $2 billion in 2025.

WFP said the new funding would allow ‌it to pre-position food supplies, expand cash ​assistance programs and ‌maintain supply chains in crisis-hit areas such as Lebanon, Haiti and ‌the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The U.S. has long been the world's largest humanitarian donor, though its ⁠contributions have fluctuated sharply ‌in recent years amid ⁠shifts in foreign aid policy.

In 2025, U.S. humanitarian ⁠funding ⁠to the UN fell to about $3.38 billion from $14.1 billion a year ‌earlier after major spending cuts.

On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department also announced $218 million in assistance to the U.N. ‌children's ​agency UNICEF.

The ‌WFP is under temporary leadership while the U.S. seeks to place another American at the ​agency's helm, following the resignation of Cindy McCain on health grounds.