It’s a week since Bashir Abdi, his wife and nine children fled to the Iftin camp for displaced people, outside the town of Beletweyne in central Somalia.
“I was forced to move by the flash floods.
The latest services provided by the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Fast IT and Telecommunications Emergency and Support Team (FITTEST). FITTEST is group of humanitarian responders that deploys globally to establish and restore IT services in emergencies – ensuring humanitarians have the systems they need to respond, no matter what.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is dire and worsening, with over 18 million people, including 14 million women and children, affected by conflict, climate change, recurring disease and critical economic conditions.
Dom Scalpelli, WFP’s Country Director in Bangladesh, said; “our collaboration with BBS has been pivotal in generating crucial data over the years. We have jointly produced poverty and undernutrition maps and have been involved in policy research, like the Urban Socioeconomic Assessment Survey 2019 and the Vulnerable Group Development Survey.
“This is a devastating blow to the Rohingya and an equally devastating blow to the humanitarian community,” said Domenico Scalpelli, WFP Country Director in Bangladesh.
The World Food Programme is lending its emergency expertise to support response efforts underway in the Bahamas, which is reeling from the impact of Hurricane Dorian, the islands’ worst-ever hurricane.
WFP has distributed over 1,500 ready to eat meals, with food also reaching people affected in the hard-to-reach Little Abaco.
The assessment teams continue to reach isolated areas.
The fast recovery and protection from loss and damages that access to climate risk insurance can provide helps countries and households to better manage the impacts of the climate crisis, which is why WFP is advancing financial protection as one avenue for building resilience to extreme weather events.
Insurance might not be the silver bullet, still, it is an important component to achieve fina
In Malawi, the livelihoods Programme is part of the WFP’s integrated resilience building portfolio, which also includes established linkages to Forecast Based Financing, Shock Responsive Social Protection, nutrition-sensitive and Home-Grown School Feeding Programme.
