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The DICT and WFP co-designed the world’s first MOVE vehicles, boasting cutting-edge technology tailored to facilitate on-site coordination during emergencies. The fleet includes a disaster coordination centre housed in a truck, an on- ground coordination unit built into an off-road pickup truck, an outpost coordination unit, with an off-road motorcycle, and two heavy-duty drones.

During my two days here, I had the chance to engage with people benefitting from WFP programmes including the Government-led National Poverty Targeting Programme.

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa - Climate and Resilience Actions in Eastern Africa.         Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)

 World Food Programme (WFP) teams across the Caribbean are taking stock of Hurricane Beryl impacts after it struck Jamaica on Wednesday afternoon as a dangerous category 4 hurricane.

 Alvin Douglas was left homeless when category-4 Hurricane Beryl struck the Caribbean at the start of July. “A lot of people were caught off-guard because we underestimated the (warning) bulletin, we didn’t really take it seriously,” says Douglas, a resident of Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

In collaboration with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WFP will provide food and nutrition assistance to 14,000 people in Katsina and Sokoto states for six months.

The event underscored the unparalleled commitment of the Pakistani Government to prevent malnutrition and stunting. It also celebrated the successes of the programme to date. BNP remains the largest government-funded programme in WFP’s global history.

The agreement was signed by WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau and H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Adviser to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), in Jeddah today. US$15 million will be allocated to sustain emergency food assistance for vulnerable families across Yemen.

Haiti, one of the poorest countries globally and within the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) is extremely vulnerable to climate change and extreme events, which, when coupled with ongoing political unrest, insecurity and instability, exacerbates its rapid economic decline.

Additional information for journalists: Under the government’s coordination, the humanitarian response in flood-affected areas is ongoing, but heavy downpours continue in the country. WFP responded rapidly in the days that followed the devastating floods - distributing High Energy Biscuits and cash assistance to 30,400 affected people in the capital and other parts of the country. WFP ur