WFP Palestine Country Brief, December 2020
Format
US$4.2 m cash-based transfers made
965 mt of food distributed
US$41.2 m six months (February – July 2021) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
• In December, WFP provided food assistance through Cash Based Transfers (CBT) in the form of electronic food vouchers to 354,544 poor and severely food insecure Palestinians.
Among the CBT recipients 83,544 are affected by COVID-19: 59,281 in the West Bank and 24,263 in Gaza. Every household received a monthly credit of USD 10.3 per capita on a magnetic card to purchase food of their choice at 335 local retailers across Gaza (200) and the West Bank (135).
• CBT assistance to the targeted 60,000 people affected by COVID-19 stopped atn the end of December due to lack of resources. WFP provided this assistance to affected people since May 2020 to alleviate the impact of restrictive measures linked to the pandemic on their fragile livelihoods.
WFP Namibia Country Brief, October 2020 21 December, 2020 - 11:10
Country: Namibia Source: World Food Programme
Please refer to the attached file.
In Numbers
US$ 2.3 million six-month (November 2020 – April 2021) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
WFP Country Director met with the Head of state: Following WFP’s nomination as nobel peace price winners, H.E the President of the Republic of Namibia hosted George Fedha,
Country Director, to congratulate WFP on this milestone. H.E highlighted the significance of school feeding as a social safety net and an enabler to learning with a potential of creating a structured market for smallholder producers. He emphasized the need for sustainable food systems to address hunger and poverty.
WFP Namibia Country Brief, October 2020
Format
US$ 2.3 million six-month (November 2020 – April 2021) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
WFP Country Director met with the Head of state: Following WFP’s nomination as nobel peace price winners, H.E the President of the Republic of Namibia hosted George Fedha,
Country Director, to congratulate WFP on this milestone. H.E highlighted the significance of school feeding as a social safety net and an enabler to learning with a potential of creating a structured market for smallholder producers. He emphasized the need for sustainable food systems to address hunger and poverty.
School feeding resumed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic:
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