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WFP Bangladesh Country Brief, December 2024

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In Numbers

1071.6 mt food distributed

US$13.5 million distributed in cash-based transfers

US$85.53 million net funding requirements under the country strategic plan (January 2025 – June 2025)

1.26 million people assisted*

Operational Updates

Emergency responses to cyclone and floods

• In December, WFP supported 290,000 people (58,514 families) affected by Cyclone Remal and the August eastern floods with cash-for-work assistance. Out of more than 500 projects, participants rebuilt 111 km of roads and 24 km of embankments.

• WFP organized a market linkage workshop in Khulna as part of our ongoing efforts to help affected communities rebuild from Cyclone Remal. Some 100 families received cash assistance of BDT 10,000 (US$85) along with training in climate-resilient skills.

Social Protection

• WFP presented a plan to improve the Grievance Redress System (the Government’s platform for receiving public opinion on government services) and strengthen the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs' (MoWCA) Policy Leadership and Advocacy unit. In collaboration with the Department of Women Affairs (DWA), WFP supported the development of a training plan for DWA officials on Mother and Child Benefit Programme (MCBP) implementation directives and facilitated a meeting with DWA, UNICEF, and the World Bank to enhance coordination and plan the next steps on the training plan for MCBP implementation.

• WFP conducted 650 sessions, reaching 11,600 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers with messages on health, nutrition and dietary diversity, helping them maximize the government social safety net support for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

• WFP integrated application programming interface that will allow interoperability between three government programmes’ databases (MoWCA’s Vulnerable Women Benefit Programme, the Ministry of Social Welfare’s Widow Allowance, and the Ministry of Food’s Food Friendly Programme) consolidating various types of assistance into one benefit (cash or food) and eliminating duplication.