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In early December the United States confirmed its first case of the emerging Omicron coronavirus variant. In the following weeks, it became the dominant version of the virus infecting people across the…

Extreme rainfall over the past several months left widespread damage across the Brazilian state of Bahia. The influx of water ruptured two dams, bringing severe flooding and displacing more than 60,000 people.…

Days before Christmas, Super Typhoon Rai—referred to locally as Odette—hit the Philippines, affecting more than 4.2 million people and forcing over 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. Rai is the 15th typhoon…

It has now been over a week since devastating tornadoes tore through western Kentucky leaving more than 70 people dead and hundreds of homes in rubble. Immediately following the storm, the Relief…

Last Friday, deadly tornadoes devastated cities and towns across the central and southern US – a candle factory and entire communities were left in rubble in Kentucky, and in southern Illinois, an…

WCK’s #ChefsForAmerica response began in March 2020 when the pandemic hit the United States. Mobilizing local restaurants and working together with partner organizations, our response quickly grew across 400 cities to bring…

As world leaders at COP26 promise long-term policies to address the climate crisis over several decades, the WCK Climate Disaster Fund starts now. We are committing $1 billion to help families and…

WCK’s Santurce Farmers Market – established to increase access to fresh, nutritious produce in low-income urban areas in Puerto Rico – turned one this past weekend.  The market connects consumers in San…

What began as a series of small earthquakes has now turned into a volcanic eruption on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands.—at least 150 homes are destroyed and over 6,000 people…

At the US-Mexico border, thousands of asylum seekers – primarily Haitian – crossed the Rio Grande and are now sheltering under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. WCK arrived on site Friday…