It’s been four months since Letemariam Lakaw gave birth to her baby boy on the floor of their room in Hitsats, a former refugee camp in Ethiopia’s Tigray region that now houses tens of thousands of families displaced by conflict.
“There were days where we didn’t eat any food the whole day and night.
Growing up in northern Kenya, Paul Tergat and his family often lacked enough food for even just one simple meal a day. As a result, he rarely attended school: he just didn’t have the energy to make the three-mile journey there from his home in the drought-prone Baringo county.
Narrow alleys twist and turn down the slope snaking between the closely packed tin shacks. This maze of paths contains the hundreds of homes that make up Moroto Simitini.
The village is in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, where the World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency cash to families who have lost incomes due to COVID-19.
With support from WFP, the Government of Iraq implemented this Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR), under the lead of Dr. Mehdi al-Alak, Secretary General of the Iraq Council of Ministers.
Of the total contribution, US$5.7 million will enable WFP to provide life-saving food assistance to 177,000 people in Burkina Faso during the upcoming lean season from June when most community food stocks are depleted before the next harvest in late September.
Japan is also providing US$ 3 million to improve food security and nutrition and prevent acute malnutrition in Niger.
“The FNG report will help us better understand the barriers in accessing nutritious food among different households,” said Justino dos Santos, Secretary, KONSSANTIL.
A global network spanning 41 countries, SUN BN aims to reduce malnutrition in all its forms through engaging and supporting businesses to act, invest and innovate in responsible and sustainable actions and operations to improve nutrition.
Just as demand for this service is reaching its peak, it could grind to a halt before the end of July unless substantial funding can be secured to keep WFP’s transport fleet moving.
The price monitoring intends to provide up-to-date and relevant contextual information about the impact of Covid-19 and agricultural stressors on markets in Timor-Leste. WFP support the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the General Directorate of Statistics to conduct food price monitoring using Open Data Kit (ODK) tools.
The price monitoring intends to provide up-to-date and relevant contextual information about the impact of Covid-19 and agricultural stressors on markets in Timor-Leste. WFP support the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the General Directorate of Statistics to conduct food price monitoring using Open Data Kit (ODK) tools.