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.
This innovative digital solution replaces the outdated paper system, bringing the power of digital technology to optimize the PDS and enhance user experience.
It was carried out in 2022. This mid-term evaluation was commissioned to assess progress toward programme indicator targets, ensure accountability, generate lessons learned, and inform course corrections for the remainder of the programme period, and was intended for both accountability and learning purposes.
WFP’s augmented response will target hard-to-reach areas like Menaka, where the number of people forced to flee their homes continues to rise - with hunger reaching catastrophic levels due to the combined effects of climate extremes and inter-communal violence.
“Food insecurity has already reached alarming levels in Menaka.
Sadiya starts her day early by letting out her goats from her backyard barn at Bokolmayo refugee camp, a collection of makeshift houses in Ethiopia’s Somali region. Whistling cheerfully, she leads them first to a water point nearby, then farther away to find a good grazing spot amid the cracked land.
Far from the traditional image of humanitarian agencies flying in food from far-off lands, the World Food Programme (WFP) sources more than 60% of its US$3.5 billion in supply chain costs for food, goods, and services in locations where we operate.
The Government of Algeria and international donors have shown consistent solidarity with Sahrawi refugees through humanitarian support over more than four decades, support that has been of vital importance, and must be recognized.
Regrettably, pressed by global challenges, this support is now insufficient to meet current needs.
Chad is a landlocked Sahelian country in central Africa, with one of the highest levels of hunger in the world – 42 percent of its population live below the poverty line.