Attachments
In Numbers
26,669 mt of food distributed in September 2023
US$5.8 m in cash-based transfers made
US$902.37 million six months (October 2023 - March 2024) net funding requirements.
4.5 million people assisted in September 2023
Operational Updates
• In September, WFP reached nearly 4.5 million people with emergency food, cash, nutrition, and livelihoods support. WFP distributed 23,554 mt in-kind assistance and made cash-based transfers worth US$5.8 million across various programmes.
General Food Assistance
• In September, WFP scaled down the general food assistance due to funding constraints, as well as to save food commodities to be used during the lean period of winter. WFP aims to scale up assistance to 7 million people during the winter, resources permitting. In September, WFP reached 2.2 million people with food assistance and 915,000 people receiving cash-transfers.
Nutrition Support
• WFP provided specialized nutritious foods for the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) to more than 486,000 children (aged 6-59 months), and pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW). Additionally, WFP provided malnutrition treatment services to more than 685,000 PBWs and children.
• WFP continues to support more than 285 mobile health and nutrition teams across Afghanistan as it awaits further guidance on their transition to fixed health clinics as mandated by de facto authorities.
School Feeding
• In September, WFP provided fortified biscuits or Bread+ to more than 263,000 primary school students.
• Cash-based transfers for secondary-level schoolgirls remain on hold, while schools are closed to secondarylevel girls across the country.
Asset Creation and Livelihoods
• The 2023-2024 resilience and food systems implementation cycle began in early August, with 28 project field-level agreements being signed. This programme aims to provide assistance to approximately 567,391 individuals between August 2023 and December 2024.