Resilience building involves increasing the capacity of communities potentially exposed to hazards to resist, adapt and recover. Thanks to half a century of experience, the World Food Programme (WFP) has acquired a comparative advantage in building resilience for food security and nutrition.
Sri Lanka is a small island, middle-income nation that achieved significant progress in its human development and socioeconomic spheres, following the end of its 27-year civil conflict in 2009.
Since then, interventions incrementally scaled up and reached almost 3 million people in over 2,750 villages. The results achieved so far are a testimony that the region can move beyond the crises and pave the way towards building truly resilient societies with stronger local food systems.
The report compiles lessons learned from Project LAWA’s pilot implementation in 2023. Evidence from the pilot showed LAWA’s immense potential to boost communities’ water supplies, enhance their adaptive capacities especially during El Niño or severe droughts, and generate livelihoods.
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“Germany stands with the Afghan people, and we continue our engagement to help communities stand on their own feet,” said Katharina Spiess, BMZ’s Head of Division “Crisis management, Reconstruction and Transitional Development Assistance.
As WFP faces a shortage of resources in Iraq, this timely donation from Japan will help address the food insecurity of internally displaced families and enhance the resilience of returnees and local communities.
“Japan has provided an overall assistance package for Iraq of US$63 million in 2019, including this particular contribution to food security,” said H.E. Mr.
The contribution is reflective of the long-standing partnership between WFP and the Government of Sri Lanka and WFP’s continued support for the country’s flagship National School Meal Programme since 2003.
Families receiving assistance have been better able to cover their basic needs, less likely to have children helping earn money to put food on the table and were able to eat a reasonable diet, according to sample groups of refugees interviewed as part of WFP monitoring.
WFP and the European Union (EU) joined forces in late 2016 with the Turkish government and the Turkish Red Crescent to launch
In the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the EU contributed €1 million in support of logistics operations that supported the emergency response coordinated by Mozambique’s National Disasters Management Institute.
This generous support from Japan will enable WFP to support 9,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Maratane Refugee Camp (Nampula) with i food assistance, and strengthen income generating opportunities through a livelihoods project in close collaboration with the Government of Mozambique and other UN agencies.
WFP believes that local integration and self-reliance are an opportunity for improving