The contribution will help increase the number of COVID-19 health facilities at borders and within districts, transport and preposition relief items; and build the capacity of government officers in disaster risk reduction to better respond to disasters and emergencies.
“I thank Iceland for this timely contribution.
The Programme was implemented by the RBA under the coordination of the Mozambican Technical Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security –SETSAN. The overall objective of the programme was to contribute to the “Acceleration of attainment of MDG 1c: Halve between 1990 and 2015 the portion of people who suffer from hunger in Mozambique”.
Interview by Aina Andrianalizaha
“We don't count sleepless nights anymore,” says Theodore Mbainaissem, who heads the World Food Programme (WFP) sub-office in Ambovombe, southern Madagascar.
“Seeing the physical condition of people extremely affected by hunger who can no longer stand … children who are completely emaciated, the elderly who are skin and bone … these images are unbeara
The lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 have dealt a severe blow to poor urban communities, many of whom were daily wage earners living hand to mouth. While unable to find work in cities, the ban on travel has meant that seasonal employment in rural areas is no longer an option for them.
“I used to fish very close to the coast a few years ago and there were a lot of fish,” says Ranobolee, a fisher, who lives in Faux Cap, a picturesque village on the southernmost coast of Madagascar.
To help break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition in Bangladesh, WFP is providing supplementary food to children and pregnant and nursing women in the country’s poorest and most food insecure parts, along with advice on how to change nutrition and health behaviour.
Investigation in Laprak finds rice is not from the World Food Programme (WFP). Our statement on investigation findings in Nepali language can be downloaded here.
The Emergency Dashboard provides a visual overview of the most relevant operational information related to WFP’s response in the emergency, including geographical, funding, and performance related information.
A Situation Report is a concise operational document with latest updates on the World Food Programme's (WFP) response to an emergency. It gives an overview of WFP’s activities and informs the wider humanitarian community and other interested stakeholders about WFP’s response.
In May 2020, RBN established a Social Protection Learning Facility to enhance evidence-based decision making, learning and accountability in WFP’s social protection work in the context of COVID-19 and other shocks.