Attachments
In Numbers
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776.28 mt of food assistance distributed*
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USD 3.88 m cash-based transfers made*
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USD 84 m six months (July- December 2023) net funding requirements, representing 68 percent of total
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305,600 people assisted* in JUNE 2023
*Primary figures
Operational Updates
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On 9 June, the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) agreed to a sixmonth ceasefire starting on 3 August. Zones with ELN presence show high levels of food insecurity among in-transit migrants, displaced, Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. WFP will monitor the levels of violence that may hinder vulnerable people’s access to food.
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On 13 June, WFP started its school feeding operations in Barranquilla for 11,025 schoolchildren.
Moreover, the municipal government of Maicao requested WFP’s assistance in implementing its Zero Hunger strategy, funded by the government. WFP distributed 20-day food baskets to 30,595 children to cover the July school break. -
Due to reduced funding levels, WFP closed 14 community kitchens for migrants in transit along the migration route this month.
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WFP started surveying vulnerable populations in pagadiarios (day-to-day shelters) to enable their first steps in registering for Colombia’s social protection system. The agency referred 25 cases to humanitarian partners to facilitate aid provision.
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WFP assisted 305,600 vulnerable Colombians and migrants with various interventions: 169,600 migrants with the intention to settle, Colombian returnees and host communities received assistance in 16 departments. 33,500 in-transit migrants and Colombian returnees received hot meals. 18,840 received ready-to-eat food rations in nine departments.
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WFP reached 77,460 children through the National School Feeding Programme this month. Of those, 54,850 were Colombian and 22,600 were migrant children.
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WFP assisted 70,000 people affected by conflict and climate-related events this month in 11 departments, mostly in Choco. Most beneficiaries were Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations (60 percent). WFP also provided cash assistance to 1,500 people supporting government response efforts for those evacuated on 2 June in Puerto Escondido.
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WFP’s recent monitoring revealed that women and children receiving nutrition support significantly improved their consumption of protein-rich foods, consumed a more diverse diet, and resorted to fewer strategies to stretch food resources. WFP’s latest nutrition programme has yielded promising results, combining food assistance and nutrition education. WFP aims to expand these programmes to support children and women at risk of malnutrition.