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The European Union and its member states gave essential support to WFP in 2020 — over 1.94 billion EUR. Their dedication was — and remains — vital for addressing climate change, building peace, investing in economies and building better futures.

Sri Lanka faces a triple burden of malnutrition spanning overnutrition, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Nearly one in two women of reproductive age are obese or overweight, while 15 percent of children under 5 were noted as being too thin for their height.

Read the State of School Feeding Worldwide report   1. School feeding is back.

Since November 2017, WFP and the Food Security Sector have been conducting the Refugee influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment (REVA) annually. The REVA aims to monitor food security situation and vulnerability levels of the Rohingya population living in the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar district and the adjacent host community potentially affected.

This brief explores the complementary and interconnected roles that social protection and resilience can play within development and the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.

The hub in Pokhara, funded by the European Union and managed by WFP in close cooperation with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and the Ministry of Home Affairs, is the last of the twelve staging facilities built to support provincial and national emergency response operations across the country.

PCRIC and WFP will collaborate on initiatives in disaster risk financing that enhance Pacific Island countries’ resilience against loss and damage resulting from cyclones, floods and droughts, with a particular focus on protecting vulnerable and at-risk populations.

This initiative is part of the Preparedness and Response Excellence in the Philippines (PREP) programme, supported by USAID, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and others.

This donation will support 15,500 Ghanaians by providing them with essential digital skills and tools including mobile technologies, precision farming systems, and digital platforms, to help promote the adoption of smart agricultural practices, and encourage healthy lifestyles.

At a time when conflict, insecurity, climate extremes and economic shocks are pushing more and more people into extreme levels of food insecurity, funding from the EU helped WFP run its cash assistance programmes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic over a period of nine months. The contribution, made through the EU’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (DG ECHO), also he