The “Nutrition Ambassadors” pilot is part of WFP’s Social Behaviour Communications Change (SBCC) initiative, which aims to prevent high rates of anaemia and support healthy eating in the West Bank and Gaza through awareness raising, advocacy, and community engagement.
WFP and MoE are introducing this school program to help address high rates of anaemia, which are exacerbated by poor e
Since the farmers of Syunik lost access to lands and pastures after the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict, WFP is investing in more efficient land resources to enhance the agricultural sector in that region and improve the life quality of the people living there.
“There is a lot of potential in Syunik region, and we want to enhance agricultural infrastructure and create additional opportunities for peo
The need to strengthen community-based risk management is particularly relevant in Indonesia given their geographical location and susceptibility to natural disasters. This study is part of WFP’s technical assistance on emergency preparedness and response.
“COVID-19 has disrupted the ability of thousands of poor city families traditionally reliant on daily labour and informal trading to earn a living,’’ said Jennifer Bitonde, WFP’s Representative in Zambia.
Famine has been confirmed in Zamzam camp, which shelters hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region, as conflict, displacement and humanitarian-access constraints have devastating consequences.
“Frequent cyclones during the agricultural season mean loss of harvest, high food prices and increased food insecurity,” said WFP Deputy Regional Director Margaret Malu.
It is aimed at providing lessons and insights to help guide WFP’s positioning in relation to HIV and nutrition so as to improve operations at the country level and accountability to affected populations.
The evaluation concluded that:
The adequacy and performance of the HIV/AIDS and nutrition policies have followed two very different pathways, with nutrition now playing a central role in
In Niger, over 3.3 million women, men, and children (13 per cent of the total population) are severely food insecure. Maternal mortality rates are high, with 1 in 226 pregnant women dying from pregnancy-related causes.
When Aker Monychol Biar’s husband was killed in the latter years of South Sudan’s civil war, she headed north to Sudan, seeking safety and a job to pay for her children’s education.
“There was nothing to eat and I needed to work for my children,” says Aker, a mother of five, who hails from South Sudan’s northern county of Malakal.
