“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.
The Honorable Prime Minister of AJK, Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, expressed his gratitude to WFP, donor countries and the United Nations for their support and assistance in relief and rebuilding efforts following the 2005 earthquake.
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection’s National Household Registry is focusing on COVID-19-affected people, and beneficiaries who will benefit from the support include 65,000 daily wage earners in the Greater Accra region and 10,000 smallholder farmers in the Ashanti and Western regions.
A Case Study on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming in a Middle Income Country
The nutrition-sensitive social protection programme of the Dominican Republic has reduced anemia prevalence by 50 percent in beneficiary children in two years. WFP technical assistance, capacity development, and monitoring and evaluation support have been vital to program success.
“Innovation saves lives. As a major aid donor, Belgium has been consistently supporting innovative projects to make emergency response more efficient. The Humanitarian Hackathon will help us develop new, viable solutions to boost the effectiveness of global humanitarian action.
This is the first issue of WFP Bhutan's quarterly newsletter 'Changing Lives in Bhutan'. WFP's partnership with Bhutan dates back to 1974 with the introduction of the school feeding programme.
Alia stands in line at a WFP food assistance site in Kabul, awaiting the food basket that will be a lifeline for her family of nine.
“Since the government situation changed last year, unemployment has increased, and people’s economic situation has deteriorated,” she says. “Because the economy is not good, people come here to receive food.