The number of people pushed into hunger because of drought in the Horn of Africa could rise from the current 14 million to 20 million by the end of the year, the World Food Programme has warned.
From Afghanistan and Iraq, to Haiti, the Philippines and Nepal, for over a decade the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) – led globally by the World Food Programme (WFP) – has provided timely, predictable and effective telecommunications services to humanitarians responding to crises.
Including fortified rice in social assistance programmes represents an enormous opportunity to improve nutrition in India, where micronutrient deficiencies are widespread and programmes reach millions of people.
This contribution is in addition to a contribution of €1 million received in April 2020. It will benefit Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in settlements in Iran.
The evaluation covered the implementation periods of the transitional interim country strategic plan and the interim country strategic plan (January 2018 to May 2023).
It aimed to determine WFP's strategic positioning, its contribution to the achievement of outcomes, its effectiveness in implementation and the factors explaining the results achieved.
The interim country strategic plan was de
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.
"Switzerland's contribution will help WFP address the immediate needs of the refugees in Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces, enabling us to provide both essential food and much-needed psychosocial support,” said WFP Representative and Country Director in Armenia Nanna Skau.
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The report analyses data from the first phase of the Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 in Cambodia which is carried out in partnership with UNICEF and ADB. It analyses the changing food, employment, economic, and social situation of households in the context of the global pandemic.