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Hunger is a constant threat in Kenya’s arid north. Families struggle to get through the cyclical droughts that erode their meagre assets, leaving them worse off with every shock.

Market information is collected on weekly basis by WFP field monitors. Additionally WFP in partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) collects market data remotely through mVAM technology from key informants in those governorates where access is restricted, using telephone interviews.

WFP in Western Africa is responding to the impact of the global food crisis in the Sahel region by providing support to governments to enhance their national social protection systems to be more resilient, reactive to shocks and address food security.

The initiative, which is valued at US$ 1.1 million, was undertaken as part of efforts to enhance government’s capacity on a wide range of issues – including territorial planning, early warning, food and nutrition security monitoring, vulnerability assessment and analysis.  “With the Geospatial project, we have a powerful tool at our disposal to enhance the efficiency of territorial plannin

The contribution, which will be used to provide food and nutrition assistance to tens of thousands of people including malnourished children, pregnant and nursing women comes at a critical time for South Sudan. The country is still reeling from the effects of a severe drought episode – with 4.5 million people in need of food assistance between now and the end of the year.

Children crying out from hunger and dying of malnutrition. People risking gunfire to reach aid convoys, and surviving on animal fodder and soup made from leaves and grass.

The four-year joint programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KfW German Development Bank. This is a unique programme that aims to provide long-term solutions by tackling underlying barriers to peace, stability and development to nearly 300,000 vulnerable Sudanese across South, Central and North Darfur, who have been adversely

“This wheat production project to the tune of USD 75 million financed by the African Development Bank became the heart of production in the critical moment in Sudan. It provided food security, yielding 645,000 metric tonnes of wheat this year, and also became a critical crisis response intervention to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability of the Disaster Preparedness and Response/Climate Change Adaptation Programme); ii) its results; and iii) the factors explaining the results. The evaluations assessed a range of capacity building and mitigation interventions in the field of disaster risk reduc

This market assessment was carried out by MVAC in collaboration with WFP, FEWSNET, Save the Children, OXFAM, Christian Aid and other members to assess the capacity of local markets and traders to respond to transfer induced demand. The market assessment assists humanitarian organizations in deciding whether to distribute cash or in kind assistance in the upcoming 2014/15 consumption year.