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The stipends, which are paid in Iraqi dinars at the equivalent of USD 80, will help impoverished and vulnerable families provide for their children.

The report is a summary of Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) initiatives and best practices undertaken by WFP in India between 2017-2020.

“The Republic of Korea has been a committed partner in Uganda, providing much needed support as we have sought to sustain an operation assisting 1.27 million refugees in Uganda, 82 percent of who are women and children,” said WFP Country Director El-Khidir Daloum. Daloum said the new contribution was especially welcome as it will cover another one to two months of humanitarian assistance at a t

We can pull each of these 34 million individuals back from the brink, prevent starvation, and save millions of lives and livelihoods. All we need is the funding and access to do so. Within the Compact, the G7 leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to provide $7 billion in vital humanitarian assistance and take diplomatic action to promote humanitarian access.

WFP’s refugee operation has faced severe resourcing constraints in 2021 and WFP was forced to reduce general food assistance rations to 40 percent of a full ration in March and April 2021.

WFP aims to expand its support to reach 350,000 people per month through the National Poverty Targeting Programme (NPTP) of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

“What is currently happening in southern Madagascar is heartbreaking.

This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples has added resonance for WFP, coming as it does on the heels of the Food Systems Pre-Summit here in Rome. This landmark event reminded us of the importance of including indigenous peoples in the process of transforming the world’s food systems.

This diagnostic study, conducted by WFP on behalf of the Rwandan Social Protection Sector Working Group in 2020, sets out opportunities for integrating disaster risk management in the social protection sector in Rwanda to enhance the effectiveness of sectoral efforts in meeting the country’s poverty eradication goals.

The programme was funded by the UN Joint SDG Fund, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom and Norway. Derived from the Malagasy word “to rescue,” the Fagnavotse programme is one of the first integrated programme jointly implemented in three municipal districts in the south of Madagascar by UNICEF, WFP, ILO and the UNFPA, over a two-year period.