WFP Chad Country Brief, December 2019
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USD 2.7 m cash-based transfers made
USD 52.5 m six months (January 2020-June 2020) net funding requirements
795,996 people assisted in December 2019
Operational Updates
• On 11 December, the Minister of Health, Dr. Mahamoud Youssouf Khayal and the Minister of Agriculture, Madjidian Padja Ruth, launched the first fortified food for children aged 6-24 months produced in Chad. MANISA is a flour for infants that complies with national and international standards and regulations. WFP, UNICEF, FAO and WHO are collaborating to implement PROFORT, an initiative that promotes the production of locally fortified complementary foods in the Mayo Kebi Est and Mayo Kebi Ouest provinces. UN agencies add diverse value, based on their area of expertise, to the project, while the Government takes the leadership. The production of fortified flour improves the livelihoods of local smallholder farmers, who supply the commodities needed to manufacture