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Operational Updates
Border Crisis Response
• Under the overall coordination of the Humanitarian Response Forum (HRF)—co-chaired by WFP and DanChurchAid —27 partner agencies continue assisting the remaining displaced households across three provinces, utilising in-country stockpiles and mobilising external resources. To date, over 162,784 people have received support including food, WASH and shelter.
• In August-September, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and HRF conducted a joint multi-sectoral early-recovery assessment to shape planning and resource mobilization. The study identified and analysed the needs of both returnees and migrant households—highlighting critical gaps in livelihood restoration, education, and access to basic services. Based on these findings, HRF has formulated an early-recovery response strategy targeting both those still in displacement sites and those who have returned to their communities. Partners are now mobilising and implementing this strategy, working in coordination with the Cambodian Government.
• In line with findings from the joint assessment, WFP is planning a targeted recovery initiative in the border provinces, particularly Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear on areas of heavy infrastructure damage, high concentrations of displacements and returns, and significant nutritional or economic vulnerability. The programme will concurrently restore community infrastructure (such as roads and schools) and revives livelihoods for displaced families, returnees and other vulnerable households. Using a nutrition-sensitive Food Assistance for Assets model, beneficiaries will rehabilitate communal assets and receive either inkind food or vouchers to buy fresh, nutrient-rich produce—thereby energizing local markets as well.