WFP Democratic Republic of Congo Country Brief, January 2021 Format US$ 6.6 m cash based transfers made US$ 208.1 m six months (February-July 2021) net funding requirements 1.4 m people assisted in December 2020 Operational Updates • WFP and its partners scaled up its operations in 2020 to meet increasing needs, augmenting the number of people targeted with food and nutrition assistance across the country. In 2020, WFP assisted some 6.9 million people, including 1.4 million in December only. • Kinshasa: As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, WFP, in partnership with UNICEF, developed a social protection project in N’sele commune in Kinshasa. The project addresses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic in one of the