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In Numbers
101,903 people assisted
228 mt of food assistance distributed
US$ 521,925 in cash-based transfers made
US$ 56.3 million six-month net funding requirements (September 2024–February 2025)
Operational Updates
- Food assistance during emergencies: WFP assisted 60,300 internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees and vulnerable host populations, distributing 176 mt of food and US$ 339,000 in cash and through value vouchers.
- Malnutrition prevention and management of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM): In August 2024, WFP assisted more than 16,200 children aged 6-23 months and pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls (PBW/G) with 51.4 mt of specialised nutritious foods (SNFs). The beneficiaries included about 5,900 people under prevention of acute malnutrition and 10,300 people supported under MAM management. Children aged 6-23 months make up more than 66 percent of people assisted. Furthermore, WFP and partners concluded the exhaustive community screening for malnutrition in all WFP intervention regions. Finally, WFP organised a series of capacity-strengthening sessions involving 1,600 community health workers and partner staff on positive deviance approach, nutrition screening and infant and young child feeding (IYCF).
- Resilience building activities: In August, WFP supported 25,420 activity participants (60 percent women) with US$ 183,000. Assets created and managed in August included 62 hectares of community farms, 29 farmer field schools, 87 hectares of forage fields, 22 fishponds, 12 poultries, 33 km of feeder roads rehabilitated and eleven warehouses constructed. In addition, water retention activities are ongoing in 17 sites, and 10 hectares of land are being reforested. As an innovative practice, sweet potato cultivation has been introduced in some communities in the East Region, on four hectares of farmland.
- WFP is facilitating the creation of village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) to encourage smallholder farmers, especially women, to increase savings and facilitate self-financing for the implementation of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) and strengthen solidarity between members. In August, 13 new VSLAs were created, bringing the total number to 72 with 1,800 members, 67 percent of whom are women. In the Southwest Region, VSLAs raised about US$ 22,000 from selling 3,500 six-week-old chicks from six poultry farms, and the proceeds were reinvested in the business. In the Northwest, about 5,000 litres of milk were produced and sold through VSLAs, for US$ 1,500.
- In collaboration with its technical partners, WFP trained 68 small dairy producers on milk processing techniques and management. Similarly, 1,600 beneficiaries (66 percent women) were trained on production techniques and digital financial inclusion. Finally, 1,700 people (61 percent women) were instructed on creating and managing VSLAs.
- The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) operated flights to Maroua and N’Djamena (Chad) from Yaounde. This included 14 return flights for 311 passengers from 33 partner organisations.
- Sudan support: From the onset of the crisis until the end of August 2024, the Global Commodity Management Facility (GCMF) dispatched more than 41,100 mt of assorted food commodities to Chad for scheduled distributions to Sudanese refugees, comprising sorghum, rice, vegetable oil, pulses, fortified cereal, and specialized nutritious foods.