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The cash transfers support the most vulnerable people and boost the local economy at the same time. By enabling people to purchase food from local markets, cash will help to strengthen and promote the local markets, also making direct positive impacts on the local economy. The donation will complement the national efforts undertaken by the Government of Armenia through its national social

This factsheet outlines WFP’s key achievements in Mozambique in 2020.

Ongoing conflict, as well as severe socio-economic disruptions are exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition in Myanmar.

“I really prefer learning in the big tents – we effectively observe social distancing because they are spacious. Everyone here likes learning in the tents,” says Nellie Paundi, a form 3 student at Lilongwe Girls Secondary School in Malawi’s capital city. “The tents also have good ventilation. When it is hot, we open the windows.

The year 2020 was an exceptional one following the outbreak of COVID-19. The unique challenges such as climatic shocks, conflicts, macroeconomic conditions coupled with COVID-19 led to a rapid increase in food insecurity, further aggravating the humanitarian needs in the region.

“The clock is running and children are dying – and there are people that use food as a weapon of war,” said David Beasley, World Food Programme (WFP) chief executive, at the close of the UN’s Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome on Wednesday (28 July).  He added: “But we in this room and those that are gathered with us all around the world, it is our responsibility to use food as a wea

WFP provides Syrian refugees and refugees of other nationalities with cash-based assistance through electronic cards, allowing them to meet their basic needs by either buying food items in any of 400+ contracted shops across Lebanon or withdrawing cash from ATMs to spend on what they need.

The deteriorating economy, coupled with the skyrocketing prices on basic and food commodities, has rendered many vulnerable Lebanese families unable to afford food to meet their nutritional needs. With more than half the Lebanese population currently living below the poverty line, food security has become a major concern for many.

From 19 to 29 May 2021, food security monitoring phone surveys were conducted in seven townships of Yangon: Dagon Myothit Seikkan, Dagon Myothit South, Dala, Hlaingtharya, Insein, North Okkalapa and Shwepyithar, 325 households were surveyed.