Highlights
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The cash-based transfer scheme, which is led by WFP and the Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation and provides food assistance to 71,700 people, has commenced.
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The limited availability of key agriculture items such as seeds and plant cuttings in-country is constraining efforts to avoid food insecurity.
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Support is still needed for shelter self-recovery activities, including technical training for carpenters to construct more durable housing.
Situation Update
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The Government of Fiji’s extension of the State of Natural Disaster to 19 April, has expired. The Government, which is shifting its response from emergency to recovery, estimates the total damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston at USD 500 million. WFP Response
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WFP is providing food assistance through cash-based transfers to 71,700 people registered in government social welfare schemes.
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WFP donated four Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) to the Government of Fiji to augment its capacity to store, sort and pack relief items and food supplies.
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WFP is providing laptops, power supplies and data access points to support the Government’s cyclone response, led by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO).