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In Numbers
- 740 mt of food assistance distributed*
- USD 2.18 m cash-based transfers made*
- USD 22.8 m six months (October 2024 – March 2025) net funding requirements, representing 69 percent of total needs 215.899 people assisted* In September 2024
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
In September, WFP reached over 163,500 Colombians (including returnees, host communities and internally displaced persons - IDPs) as well as 52,321 migrants across 13 departments. The activities through which WFP assisted them included:
- Emergency Response - The humanitarian situation is worsening in several regions due to escalating conflict and increased rainfall, leading to floods and loss of livelihoods. WFP has assisted 63,600 victims of violence and 16,207 individuals affected by weather-related events.
- Livelihoods and Resilience – WFP has launched the “Rural Women Advancing towards Food and Nutritional Autonomy” project in four municipalities of the Pacific Region. This initiative aims to enhance agricultural production, improve local organizations’ capacities, facilitate market access and empower 172 participants, primarily women.
- Migration - A national truckers' strike from September 1 to 6 led to road blockages. With migrants unable to continue their journey, the number of beneficiaries receiving food kits and hot meals doubled in Nariño and Norte de Santander. WFP continues to strengthen capacity-building activities for participants in five employability and entrepreneurship projects in Cali, Medellin, Bucaramanga, Tolima and Arauca as well as in the socioeconomic integration pilot carried out with the Social Protection Unit and the Innovation Hub in Bogotá, Cucuta, Cali and Medellin.
- School Feeding – In September, WFP provided meals to 80,177 children in La Guajira.
- Mobile Units - In coordination with the National Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), WFP’s Mobile Units reached 18,577 people affected by conflict, 59% of whom were children.
- Zero Hunger Hub - WFP’s innovation hub has completed the technical capacity phase for 30 startups in its acceleration program. Of these, 15 were selected for financial support to scale their solutions for migrants, returnees, and displaced populations. Additionally, an incubation programme for 150 startups has begun in Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, with boot camps completed and technical advisory ongoing.