In the face of this global crisis, WFP and UNICEF are working together to track, through an online map, this global cohort of school children, and helping national governments to find ways to support them during the pandemic.
The assistance provided in support of the Government National Response Plan targets internally displaced persons, refugees, returnees, and vulnerable families from July to September – the lean season period - when stocks are low between harvests and families struggle to survive with little food.
Ahmed Ali Jana worked in water supplies before the war broke out in Somalia in 1991.
One day in 1994, a grenade exploded in front of him and he lost his arms and one eye.
It also killed his two children, totally changing the course of his life.
As the war reached its peak, Ahmed saw almost the entire neighbourhood in Mogadishu abandoning their homes one by one.
“Learning with an empty stomach is hard. The school feeding programme in Afghanistan helps increase enrolment, attendance and retention in primary school, for boys and girls. School feeding improves learning abilities and the well-being of the children who are the next generation of Afghanistan”, said Raffaella Iodice, the EU Chargée d’Affaires a.i.
WFP’s new Strategic Plan focuses on helping rural communities to build resilience to climate change and strengthen livelihoods, while supporting the government’s effort to establish the building blocks of a social protection system that is inclusive, nutrition-sensitive, and climate shocks-responsive.
According to the 2022 Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index (1), Guinea-
“The war in Sudan risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” warned the Executive Director. “20 years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis and the world rallied to respond. But today, the people of Sudan have been forgotten.
WFP will provide supplementary feeding and nutrition services to 14,000 children under two, and pregnant women and nursing mothers for the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition.
The evaluation represented an opportunity for both agencies to document the achievements of the project and its potential to improve the lives of the rural populations in the future, as well as to contribute to the improvement of the implementation of joint activities in the intervention areas and elsewhere.