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WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, April 2021
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US$ 105,560.30 cash-based transfers made
US$ 21.9 million six-month (May – October 2021) net funding requirements
71,162 people assisted in April 2021
Operational Updates
As part of the SDG Fund Programme implemented by WFP Republic of Congo with the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in April, health and community members were trained in integrated management of acute malnutrition. Among them, 31 health officials (16 women and 15 men) and 23 community members (5 women and 18 men) were trained.
Mbala Pinda distributions were carried out during April: 4,884 students from Madingou, Loudima and Mfouati benefited. Thanks to the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), WFP supported 160 women from 16 smallholder farmers associations, 3,392 vulnerable people, and 3,413 students during the whole duration of this programme.
WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, February 2021
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USD 95,057 cash transferred
59,648 people assisted In February 2021
Operational Updates
• As part of the SDG Fund Programme implemented by WFP Republic of Congo (RoC) with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), 19 groups of indigenous people in the Lekoumou department were identified and participated in a training workshop. The joint programme aimed to contribute to the Government s efforts to improve living conditions and access to social protection for indigenous people in the Lekoumou department, a peripheral area with low social protection indicators and is home to approximately 25 percent of the indigenous population of the Congo.
WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, January 2021
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USD 85,510 cash transferred
53,855 people assisted
In January 2021
Operational Updates
• As a result of the worsening violence following the
presidential elections in December 2020 in the Central
African Republic (CAR), there has been an influx of new
refugees coming through the northern border in the
Likouala department. WFP and UNHCR have been
monitoring the situation and are providing assistance to
the refugees.
• In anticipation of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, WFP
has taken the lead of the preparatory activities in Congo. At
the end of January, Congo was the first French-speaking
country to nominate a national coordinator (convenor by