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The donation will ensure the provision of specialised nutritious foods to more than 39,000 children under five years in hard-hit districts and fund the setting up of vegetable gardens to encourage better, more diversified diets.

Following the high-level conference in Paris on food security and nutrition situation in West Africa, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are calling for longer-term political and financial commitments to address the worst food security and nutrition crisis to strike the region in ten years. “The situation is spiralling ou

The potential environmental and social risks for project activities are identified as: - Potential exclusion of disadvantaged or vulnerable households; - Potential exclusion of ethnic minorities due to access challenges or language barriers; - Risks to project workers (including health/safety/security risks, discrimination, child labour or forced labour, COVID-19 risks, and sexual exploit

In addition to increasing the value of its food voucher, WFP will gradually distribute locally fortified rice to the Rohingya population, starting in 1 or 2 camps and eventually extending to all camps in Cox’s Bazar and in Bhasan Char Island.  “The year 2023 has been a tumultuous one for the Rohingya in Bangladesh, who lived through multiple fire outbreaks, cyclones, and, for the first tim

Last week, a WFP monitoring mission in Borno, Yobe, and Kano states noted high inflation rates, and food price rises. This poses significant challenges for Nigerians, particularly those who are displaced, are unable to farm, and are dependent on markets to access food. “We are aware of traders holding food in their warehouses pretending it is WFP’s.

An average family in Lebanon now pays approximately 35 USD per person per month for staple food items like cooking oil, rice, and beans.

The funding will help more than 35,000 children and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers impacted by conflict, economic shocks, and climate events.

WFP will provide supplementary feeding and nutrition services to 14,000 children under two, and pregnant women and nursing mothers for the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition.

The DICT and WFP co-designed the world’s first MOVE vehicles, boasting cutting-edge technology tailored to facilitate on-site coordination during emergencies. The fleet includes a disaster coordination centre housed in a truck, an on- ground coordination unit built into an off-road pickup truck, an outpost coordination unit, with an off-road motorcycle, and two heavy-duty drones.

During my two days here, I had the chance to engage with people benefitting from WFP programmes including the Government-led National Poverty Targeting Programme.