In Tunisia, WFP is working with the government to strengthen its capacity to implement the National School Feeding Program whose multi-pronged approach promotes a healthy and balanced nutrition through local procurement and supports the resilience of rural communities benefiting from the food supply chain.
Thanks to Japan’s contribution, WFP will distribute food-restricted vouchers as top-ups t
The contribution will help WFP provide assistance to some 600,000 people in Yangon Region. Food rations will be delivered directly into the hands of vulnerable families as part of WFP’s new operation for 2 million people in the poorest townships of Myanmar’s urban areas.
Delivering impact evaluations in WFP’s operational contexts is challenging. The Strategic Advisory Panel (SAP) guides WFP as it learns to improve its impact evaluation function. This annual report outlines the progress made in 2020 and presents a summary of discussions at the first Annual Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Panel.
“Canada recognizes the need for social protections to support the most vulnerable populations during times of crisis”, says Pamela O’Donnell, High Commissioner for Canada to Tanzania. The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the livelihoods of some of the most vulnerable Tanzanians, particularly women and girls in urban areas, who are already suffering from other socio-economic shocks.
In order to ensure that every child has the opportunity to grow, learn and thrive, a group of member states is forming an international Schools Meals Coalition.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is among humanitarian agencies responding to the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in 2021. In December, Typhoon Rai made landfall nine times over an area the size of Austria in two days, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Some 8 million people were affected, according to the latest government data.
In Burundi’s southern Rumonge province, Amina Hakizimana escaped the worst of heavy flooding that battered her village late last year, thanks to early warning messages and World Food Programme (WFP) cash allowing her to reinforce her home.
More than 2,000 kilometres away in Southern Africa, WFP provided drought-tolerant seeds, fertiliser and boreholes to Zimbabwean farmers like Ledina
Liberia has made significant development strides over the last decade, trying to reduce poverty and expand basic service delivery to its population, and transitioning from one democratically elected Government to another.
Education is everything for Francine, a mother of three from Ruhinga village in southern Rwanda. Despite the area still having a staggering 48 percent rate of stunting (impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition), residents have witnessed improvements over time. This gives them hope that their children will have a brighter future.