A severe funding crisis puts at risk gains made through record levels of food assistance provided in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover in 2021 and the economic crisis that followed.
The Japanese funds will support WFP’s General Food Assistance programme which targets communities with a high prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition as a result of poor food production, drought and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Understanding economic access to essential needs and how this might be affected during climatic, health and economic shocks is critical to ensuring that vulnerable groups can lead a healthy and productive life.