“This is a significant initiative in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to achieve nutritional security in the state, which is focused on food security.
Our Emergencies and Transitions Team ensures that WFP country offices have a framework designed to plan effective and efficient interventions in emergency situations.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has accrued vast expertise and capacity in supply chain, engineering and emergency telecommunications – often in the most challenging environments. This experience affords WFP the ability to extend its capacity to also support emergency preparedness and medium-long term development efforts, depending on the local context.
The rate of deterioration in the country’s food security situation has seen a steep curve over the past 2 years due to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global food crisis ignited by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Key findings of the February 2024 report indicate that 82 percent of the population are food insecure among which 18 percent of households are severely food insecure.
“What I’ve seen in Zambia is not just alarming, it is heartbreaking,” said Director McCain, after speaking with farming families in rural Zambia. “I met farmers who usually grow enough to feed their families and communities. This year they harvested nothing.
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“The Government of Japan, together with WFP, continues to support the socio-economic development of our country, including the sectors overseen by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic,” said Gulnara Baatyrova, the Minister of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic.
This document sets out environmental and social safeguard measures and actions to be carried out for the Palestine Emergency Social Protection and Jobs Project – Additional Financing, including, the timeframe of the actions, monitoring and reporting arrangements, grievance management and capacity support.
Once adopted, E&S instruments may be revised from time to time if necessary, during Projec
World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Protection and Accountability to Affected Population.
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Dialo Koumba knew the violence spreading across her homeland would someday hit her village in western Burkina Faso. But when armed assailants killed her neighbours one night, she and her three co-wives ditched careful plans to sell their livestock before fleeing.
“Our departure was brutal,” recalls Kouma, 50, who has since joined her husband in northern Côte d’Ivoire.