This week's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation
(A) Highlights
(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Occupied Palestinian Territories (2) Pakistan
(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Congo (2) Congo, DR (3) Eritrea (4) Ethiopia (5) Rwanda (6) Somalia (7) Sudan (8) Tanzania (9) Uganda
(D) West Africa: (1) Cote d'Ivoire (2) Guinea (3) Niger
(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola (2) Lesotho (3) Madagascar (4) Malawi (5) Mozambique (6) Namibia (7) Swaziland (8) Zambia (9) Zimbabwe
(F) Asia: (1) Myanmar (2) Nepal (3) Philippines
(G) Latin America and Caribbean: (1) Bolivia (2) Ecuador (3) El Salvador (4) Guatemala (5) Honduras (6) Nicaragua (7) Peru
(A) Highlights
(a) WFP is re-establishing a presence in the Philippines with an Emergency Operation (EMOP) that will feed 2.1 million people in Mindanao in support of the peace process.
(b) The results of the Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) in Rwanda indicate 1.33 million people in the five hardest hit districts are surviving largely on leaves and cassava of which 283,000 require urgent food aid.
(c) In northern Uganda, over 35,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from three camps are initially targeted for assistance from food aid to self-reliance as they prepare to return to their villages of origin.
(d) Between 1 and 24 April, WFP transported a total of 10,597 tons of food in the three Darfur states, realizing only 29 percent of the April plan due to a serious shortage of food available in Port Sudan and in the hubs of El Obeid and Khartoum.
(e) The Southern Africa Regional PRRO 10310.0 is planning to scale down food assistance as harvest is underway. The aggregate maize import requirements of the countries in the region is estimated at roughly 1.7 million tons based on the preliminary forecast of maize production for 2006, and the historical utilization in the region.
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