The document also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) instruments that shall be adopted and implemented, all of which shall be subject to prior consultation and disclosure.
Once adopted, E&S instruments may be revised from time to time if necessary, during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project per
The project aims to mitigate the risks posed by climate shocks and their impact on communities, while enhancing food security for those most at risk. Its primary goals are to engage communities to reduce disasters risks, ensure sustainable livelihoods all year-around and strengthen national and local disaster management systems.
This factsheet provides a concise overview of the work of the World Food Programme, summarizing the facts, figures and frontline work of the world's largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives.
Confusion at warehouses, distribution points with thousands of desperate hungry people, supermarkets with bare shelves, and overcrowded shelters with bursting bathrooms. The dull thud of bombs was the soundtrack for our day.
At a food distribution, one woman told me she lived with nine other families in one apartment.
The funding, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), will support the Government's priorities in achieving food security and broadening access to high-quality nutrition by boosting Tajik youth, creating links to equitable and sustainable access to specialized knowledge, innovation, and a more favourable business environment.
“The South Korean Government has officially design
Conditions in Yemen have worsened this year, with 17.4 million people currently in need of food assistance. Between June and December 2022, the latest projections show that the number of people unable to meet their minimum nutrition needs will reach a record 19 million people.
We often hear that Africa is a place of multiple challenges – hunger, conflicts and erratic weather driving millions of people into food and nutrition insecurity and ever deeper into poverty. We also know that Africa is a land of plenty, full of potential.
This contribution is especially critical now, as WFP struggles to respond to the heightened food and nutrition needs of crisis-affected people during the lean season stretching from June to August. In 2023, WFP plans to reach 3.6 million people in Niger with food and nutrition assistance.
WFP procured nearly 4,000 metric tons of food, including fortified wheat flour, yellow split peas, fortified vegetable oil and salt. Benefiting from a drop in global food commodity prices, WFP was able to buy one third more food than initially anticipated.