In 2022, high inflation, reduced access to basic services, and increasing social tensions because of the severe economic crisis continued to drive high levels of poverty and food insecurity.
Hakan Soydas woke up to his wife’s screams in the early morning hours of 6 February. Their apartment, in the southern Turkish city of Hatay, was shaking.
"I saw my home collapsing, the pillars falling down,” says the World Food Programme (WFP) driver.
He rushed to rescue his 85-year-old mother-in-law from a room nearby.
The TOR notably presents the scope, objectives, key issues, stakeholders and users of the evaluation. It also describes the evaluation approach, team composition and organization.
“Large-scale humanitarian assistance over the past two years has helped pull back millions of Afghans from the brink of starvation and we are now seeing an improvement of the overall food security situation,“ said Hsiao-Wei Lee, Country Director of WFP Afghanistan.
The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of CCS interventions, recommending adjustments for future implementation. The evaluation made considerations to environmental risk and gender-related issues, to supplement evidence to the government and its partners' capacity to achieve zero hunger.
Traditionally, a time of generosity where food takes centre stage, Ramadan has become a huge burden on millions across the region who face high food prices that continue unabated while incomes remain stagnant.
“We get into Ramadan with the region with the worst food crisis in its recent history in the Gaza Strip,” says WFP regional director for Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern
