The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Korea Office has released a new commentary video featuring actor Moon So-ri, sharing her experiences from a recent trip to Kenya and her reflections on stepping into her role as a WFP Goodwill Ambassador.
Captured during her Dec. 17 appointment ceremony, the roughly 23-minute video takes viewers through how she first connected with WFP, her on-the-ground visit to Kenya, and what the ambassadorship means to her―told with candid, first-person detail and a photo book of images she shot in the field.
One of the moments that stayed with Moon was flying with the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to reach Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya last October. With weather delays forcing last-minute changes, she says the experience drove home how WFP keeps life-saving aid moving―even to remote, hard-to-reach places―transporting not only food but also medicine and relief workers.
At Kakuma, Moon observed food distributions firsthand and saw how funding shortfalls have forced rations to drop to less than half of normal levels―even for the most vulnerable families. “Hearing the numbers is one thing,” she says. “Seeing it with your own eyes hits completely differently.”
The video also includes her meeting with Amina, a refugee mother raising six children. “When she told me, ‘Without the rice from Korea, we can’t survive,’ all I could do was hold her hand,” Moon recalls, fighting back emotion.
Beyond emergency aid, Moon highlights WFP’s resilience-focused programs underway in Kenya. In the Lodwar area, she visited small-scale poultry projects designed to help communities build sustainable livelihoods. “WFP isn’t just handing out food,” she notes. “They’re helping people produce their own―teaching the skills to bake the bread, not just giving the loaf.”
In Nairobi’s Kibera, she toured school-based, soilless hydroponic systems that supply school meals while creating local jobs―an urban farming model that supports a more sustainable food system amid climate pressures and limited space.
“Statistics and reality are worlds apart,” Moon says of the trip. “Meeting people in Kenya―and the WFP teams working there―made it crystal clear why I have to keep telling these stories.”
Looking ahead, she pledges to use her platform to spotlight hunger and what food truly means. “Even if it’s small, I want to help,” she says. “I hope this connection lasts―and I’ll be here until Zero Hunger.”
WFP Korea plans to release more footage from Moon’s Kenya visit on its official YouTube channel. The newly posted appointment-day commentary offers an in-depth look at WFP’s work, anchored by Moon’s voice and the stories from the front lines.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kim Ji-hye)