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In Numbers
481,621 people assisted
2,250 mt of food distributed
US$ 1,054,710 cash-based transfers made
US$ 59.6 million six-month (January-June 2024) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
• Emergency food assistance: WFP assisted 354,100 people, including refugees, internally displaced persons, and crisis-affected host communities, through both in-kind and cash-based transfer (CBT) distributions (US$ 994,000 and 1,860 mt distributed in the Adamawa, East, Far North, North, Northwest and Southwest Regions). WFP also provided seeds for home vegetable gardens to 150 households receiving cash-based transfers (CBT) to help them diversify their nutritional intake.
• Malnutrition Prevention: About 67,200 people, including 60,200 children aged 6-23 months, received 232 mt of specialized nutritious foods (SNF) to increase their nutrient intake and prevent malnutrition.
Additionally, 3,930 women received US$ 42,700 as CBT under nutrition-sensitive programming.
Furthermore, on-site nutritional screening was conducted for about 3,500 children (58 percent girls) aged 6-23 months, of which 131 cases of malnutrition were identified. A total of 18 were suffering from severe acute malnutrition and referred to appropriate health centres for treatment and the others were enrolled in WFP’s nutrition top-up programme to improve their nutritional status.
Other malnutrition prevention activities included education on infant and young child feeding practices, cooking demonstrations using locally available foods and water sanitation and hygiene sessions.
• School feeding activities continued in the Adamawa and East regions under the Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) initiative and in the Far North Region under emergency school meals. WFP provided about 56,400 schoolchildren with 158 mt of nutritious porridge and locally produced and processed meals during school recess. About US$ 18,300 was paid to local organisations and producers who supplied the schools in the Adamawa Region.
• Economic strengthening of people living with HIV (PLHIV): WFP-supported cooperatives for PLHIV in the East Region harvested and sold farm and poultry products. They also provided 460 kg of food and 4,200 bananas to schools under the HGSF programme.