Attachments
In Numbers
282 MT of food assistance distributed
USD 360,145 cash-based transfers made
USD 9.9 million net funding requirements for the next six months (February 2025 – July 2025), representing 45 percent of total needs
117,000 people assisted in January 2025
Operational Updates
• The WFP Republic of Congo Country Director met with the Minister of Education to discuss the progress of the school feeding programme, seek greater involvement in its management, and explore joint resource mobilization efforts. They also discussed the Ministry’s commitment to the School Meals Coalition. Additionally, the Country Director met with the Minister of Environment to address progress and delays related to the Adaptation Fund for resilience.
• WFP participated in the Partners’ Forum for Development (Forest, Environment, Agriculture and Food Security Working Group). This meeting provided an opportunity for various partners and agencies to present their key activities, as well as future perspectives related to the environment, agriculture and food security, forests and biodiversity, and ecotourism.
Refugee Response
• As part of food assistance efforts, 4,886 households, representing a total of 24,430 beneficiaries, received cash transfers in the Likouala department. This support was specifically provided to Central African Republic refugees residing in Bétou, Enyellé, Impfondo, and Dongou districts to enhance their access to adequate food and improve their living conditions.
• In January 2025, Government authorities reported an influx of new refugees fleeing ethnic conflicts in the Bolobo and Kwamouth regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Refugees arrived in different locations in the ROC along the Congo River, in the departments of Pool and Plateaux. Over 3,000 people have reportedly left their villages in the DRC and are in a critical humanitarian situation, requiring assistance. The Congolese Ministry of Social and Humanitarian Affairs has requested for humanitarian organizations such as WFP to assist. WFP is leading coordination efforts to assist the refugees.
School Feeding
• In January 2025, 6,025 students in the Bouenza department received food assistance as part of the home-grown school feeding programme. This programme also improved the local economy as the food was purchased from local businesses. Meanwhile, school canteens providing in-kind food assistance distributed 118 MT of food to 64,923 students across seven departments.
Following funding from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which aims to keep 18,000 students in school, a mission was deployed to the Cuvette and Plateaux departments to enrol parents of eligible students for cash transfers. This mission aims at improving school nutrition as it helps ensure adequate food for students while promoting school attendance.
Support to Smallholder Farmers
• The second Steering Committee meeting of the project ‘Strengthening Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Local Markets’, which is funded by the India-Brazil-South Africa Facility, took place virtually on January 23, 2025, in Brazzaville.
Under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, the session reviewed the project's progress and next steps. It highlighted the project's role in building farmers' skills, improving market access, and strengthening school food security.
Nutrition Support
• WFP continues its collaboration with cooperating partners such as Terre Sans Frontières, Médecins d’Afrique, and the National Directorate of Hygiene and Health Promotion to support the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition for 20,215 beneficiaries, including 9,170 children (aged 6–59 months) and 2,535 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls. The collaboration efforts reached vulnerable people in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire,
Likouala, Pool, and Lékoumou.