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To get to Zero Hunger, food is not enough. Providing food assistance in an emergency can save lives, but the right nutrition at the right time can also help change lives and break the cycle of poverty.
In the face of this global crisis, WFP and UNICEF are working together to track, through an online map, this global cohort of school children, and helping national governments to find ways to support them during the pandemic.
Charge d' Affaires ad interim of Japan to Sri Lanka Mr. KATSUKI Kotaro said, “We are pleased to announce that the Government of Japan will grant USD 1.5 million emergency assistance through WFP to provide three months’ essential food supplies, including fortified rice, dhal and oil, for approximately 15,000 urban and rural people and 380,000 school children across the island.
Some 5.7 million people have been displaced internally in the DRC (the highest in Africa). Of these, some 1.5 million people were displaced in 2022 alone.
“The funding could not have come at a more crucial moment, as we are ramping up our assistance to meet increasing food needs in these regions where 1.1 million people are food insecure.
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"Without UN cross-border operations, millions of people, especially those displaced for years and multiple times, will not have access to food and shelter; to help in coping with harsh winter conditions; to the surveillance, treatment and testing capacities needed to contain cholera; to safe water; and to protection from gender-based violence.
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