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Part of this contribution will go to the IGNITE Food Systems Challenge, a project focused on supporting South Sudanese entrepreneurs and their businesses that will issue a call for applications on 19 November with support from the United Nations Development Programme.

The evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness, coherence and sustainability of the Policy and its implementation from 2015 to 2020.

WFP is stepping up its ongoing vital support to desperately food-insecure Haitians in the area and working with the Government of Haiti and partners to extend support to those newly in need.  The contribution from the Republic of Korea will prioritize support to vulnerable women who survived the earthquake in some of the most damaged areas, including in mountainous communities with limited

WFP’s livelihoods work, implemented with local communities, the Government of Iraq and NGO partners, is helping over 130,000 vulnerable people across the country in Salah al-Din and also Anbar, Basra, Maysan, Ninewa and Thi-Qar. “Climate change is affecting Iraq, which already has a heavy post-conflict burden and is also grappling with the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

Zara Bitrus has been disabled for most of her life, but the past five years have posed another challenge: living in a refugee camp. Zara remembers vividly how helpful her family was the day they fled their home in Kauri, Borno State, Nigeria, where the effects of conflict threatened their survival.

WFP works in over 80 countries repairing, sustaining and improving food systems for the world’s most vulnerable. WFP’s programmes support food production, protect livelihoods of smallholder farmers, help strengthen food supply chains, develop markets and improve the nutrition of schoolchildren.

In a statement release on 21 December, Ireland’s Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. said, “Wherever a disaster strikes, Ireland is ready to do our part to help save lives and restore the dignity of those who have been affected. In response to this crisis, I have approved funding of €250,000 to the UN World Food Programme.