Highlights:

Following the 2011/2 Sahel crisis, protracted food insecurity continues into 2013 in pockets of the country. Humanitarian needs remain for 40,000 people affected subsequently by 2011 drought and 2012 floods in rural and vulnerable urban areas.

Ali Mohamed Ghaleb’s five daughters give him a special interest in supporting the innovative Food For Girls’ Education Programme that WFP has been operating in Yemen since 2007. The 44-year-old retired military officer says it helps him keep them in school

SANA’A—Ali Mohamed Ghaleb heaves a 25-kilogram bag of wheat over his shoulder and says that without it, he'd have a hard time putting his five daughters through school.

The National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (SINAPRED) of Nicaragua, government institutions, the United Nations Emergency Technical Team (UNETE), participated in a Category 5 Hurricane simulation with the aim of strengthening the process of coordination and operations, combined with humanitarian assistance.

At Gakere health centre in the northern province of Ngozi, the World Food Programme is providing vital food supplements to malnourished pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five.

Little Cécile weighed 2.70 kgs at birth in 2010. As time passed, her mother, Vénancie Sinzotuma, noticed that her youngest daughter was not growing normally. As soon as Cécile’s mother learned from a neighbour that WFP had a special feeding programme at Gakere, she did not hesitate.

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

Amid roaring winds and dark clouds on the horizon as Cyclone Mahasen rolls in, WFP staff in Bangladesh and Myanmar stand ready to respond where necessary.

As Cyclone Mahasen makes initial landfall in the Bay of Bengal, millions of people in the region are bracing themselves for the impact of the storm which is expected to deliver its full blow on Thursday afternoon.

For several days now, in anticipation of Mahasen’s arrival, WFP has mobilized staff, logistics infrastructure and food supplies in areas likely to be affected in both Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The second part of school meals began to be distributed on Monday to schools of the public sector in Nicaragua, for the benefit of 50,000 a million schoolchildren. News Article In Spanish

A delegation from PepsiCo Quaker in the Netherlands recently travelled to Benin to visit WFP’s school feeding programme, which the company is supporting. The visit demonstrated the impact that PepsiCo Quaker’s contributions have had on primary schools in Benin.

Executive Summary

The recent decline in food security and nutrition indicators in Pakistan is partly attributable to the impact of security operations in the north west, natural disasters and rising food prices.
The rehabilitation of millions of displaced people is yet to be achieved. Food insecurity and undernutrition must be addressed to enable economic growth and stability.