In January 2020, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched its new strategy in support of school health and nutrition for the school children of the world. One month later COVID-19 emerged and within weeks became a pandemic that led to 1.6 billion school children being excluded from schools globally by March 2020.
WFP has been overcoming incredible challenges resultant from the pandemic and the associated lockdown to support the Government in assisting the most vulnerable and food- insecure people. This factsheet outlines WFP’s key achievements in Zambia in 2020.
“Japan will work together with the Government of Lao PDR and the international community, including WFP, to steadily expand its support in building the resilience of communities and helping children grow and develop through nutritious school meals,” said Ambassador Hikihara.
“This vital funding comes at a time when essential humanitarian air services are needed more than ever – due to air traffic limitations caused by COVID-19.
The closure of schools is putting the future of millions of children around the world at risk, affecting not only their ability to learn but also their access to nutritious food and health-support schemes.
Since March, 2.4 million children in Nepal have been missing out on the nutritious lunches they used to receive at school — the only proper meals many of them could count on.
In order to understand if the COVID 19 pandemic has impacted food availability and access at markets in Cambodia, WFP monitors the retail and wholesale prices of key food commodities in 45 urban and rural markets across the country. This update is based on market data collected in the first and third weeks of November 2020.
2.2 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have lost their crops due to rainfall and drought; 1.4 million urgently need food assistance.
FAO and WFP are requesting US$72 million from the international community to provide food assistance to more than 700,000 people in the Dry Corridor.
Central American governments estimated that 2.2 million people have s
Up to 5.5 million South Sudanese are projected to be going hungry in early 2020 – according to forecasts from the last food security data prepared by Government and United Nations experts [1].
“This donation comes at a crucial time. The COVID-19 pandemic keeps colliding with the climate crisis. While the immediate priority of many countries is to protect people and prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is essential to have safety nets in place that protect vulnerable people from the double threat of COVID and climate impacts.