WFP Syria Situation Report #4, April 2021
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1.3 million severely food insecure
6.7 million people internally displaced
Highlights
WFP dispatched humanitarian assistance sufficient for an estimated 4.6 million people across all activities in Syria in April.
In north-eastern Syria, clashes broke out in Qamishli city on 20 April between pro-government and Kurdish-led forces, displacing some 15-20,000 people. WFP is distributing emergency food assistance to displaced families.
The Central Bank of Syria officially devalued the Syrian pound (SYP) for the first time since July 2020, from SYP 1,256 to SYP 2,512 to the US dollar.
WFP food security data from April indicate that two out of five surveyed households (43 percent) reported poor food consumption in April 2021, more than double the level recorded in April 2020.
WFP Syria Country Brief, March 2021
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US$ 1.7 m in cash-based transfers made
US$ 466.6 m 6-month net funding requirement (April 2021 – September 2021, as of 26 March 2021)
4.9 m people assisted in March 2021 (based on dispatches)
Operational Updates
• In March, WFP delivered food and nutrition
assistance to 4.9 million people across its General
Food Assistance (GFA), School Feeding, Nutrition,
and Livelihoods, Resilience and Social Safety Netsactivities in Syria.
• WFP dispatched GFA to some 4.8 million people
across all 14 Syrian governorates. Of this, 28
percent was delivered through the cross-border
operation from Turkey to areas of Idlib and
western rural Aleppo governorates not accessible
from inside Syria.
• The economic situation in Syria continued to
WFP Syria Country Brief, January 2021
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US$ 2.9 m in cash-based transfers made
US$ 375.3 m 6-month net funding requirement (February 2021 – July 2021, as of 15 February 2021)
4.8 m people assisted in January 2021 (based on dispatches)
Operational Updates
In January, WFP delivered food and nutrition assistance to 4.8 million people across its General Food Assistance (GFA), School Feeding, Nutrition, and Livelihoods, Resilience and Social Safety Netsactivities in Syria.
WFP dispatched GFA to some 4.6 million people across all 14 Syrian governorates. Of this, 28 percent was delivered through the cross-border operation from Turkey to areas of Idlib and western rural Aleppo governorates not accessible from inside Syria.
A record 12.4 million people, 60 percent of the Syrian population, are now food insecure, according to the results of the nationwide food security assessment conducted in late 2020; by far the highest number ever recorded.
WFP Jordan Country Brief, December 2020
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7,687 Jordanians and refugees benefited from livelihood activities
USD 53.6 million six months net funding requirements (January - June 2021)
Operational Updates
• Under the General Food Assistance activity, WFP continued providing monthly food assistance through cash-based transfers to almost half a million refugees residing in camps and communities in December. Most refugees benefiting from this assistance come from Syria, with a minority from Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia.
• As part of the response to COVID-19 and to address refugees increasing vulnerabilities, WFP has expanded its coverage in December to include 15,730 refugees (5,613 households) since August 2020.
• In Za’atari and Azraq camps, UNHCR has now installed cooking facilities for beneficiaries in quarantine enabling them to cook for themselves. WFP has adjusted its approach, distributing a mix of welcome meals and food parcels to beneficiaries in quarant