Jakob Kern (pictured above), World Food Programme Country Director in Syria, visited Aleppo where the organization has stepped up support to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians returning to their destroyed homes.
In September 2016, WFP Central African Republic (CAR) started data collection for food security monitoring using the mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) approach.
In October 2016, WFP started phone surveys to key informants throughout the country. Red Cross Volunteers in 55 communes are called on a monthly basis to collect information on the food security situation.