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In Numbers
247.352 MT of food assistance distributed.
USD 33,036.152 cash-based transfers made.
USD 7,3 million net funding requirements for the next six months (June 2025 – November 2025), representing 44 percent of total needs.
101,360 people assisted in May 2025.
Operational Updates
On May 8, the Country Director met with the Minister of the Promotion of Women to share WFP’s efforts in women’s empowerment and to explore opportunities for collaboration, and to continue to push for the Congolese government to contribute to WFP activities.
In May, two UN Humanitarian Air Service flight carried the Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and WFP, along with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the National Committee for Assistance to Refugees, to Impfondo and Ollombo. The delegation comprised of 12 participants from the 4 entities.
General Distribution
WFP assisted through cash transfers about 14,041 refugees from the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) settled in the Likouala, Nkeni-Alima and Djoué-Léfini Departments in purchasing food to eat. This distribution included 3,379 new refugees fleeing ethnic conflicts in the Mai-Ndombe/Kwamouth region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Nutrition Support
WFP continues its collaboration with Terre Sans Frontières (TSF), Médecins D’Afrique, and the National Directorate of Hygiene and Health Promotion to support the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition for 6,487 children (aged 6–59 months) and 182 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, across Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and the Likouala, Pool, and Lékoumou departments.
School Feeding
As part of the McGovern-Dole funded programme, 247.352 MT of food was distributed to 79,554 schoolchildren across seven departments. Through the home-grown school feeding programme, 14,277 schoolchildren received food assistance in the Bouenza, Pool and Plateaux departments with meals produced with locally sourced ingredients. From May 13 to 16, a field monitoring mission was carried out in the districts of Mindouli, Yamba and Mouyondzi (Pool and Bouenza departments) to ensure the smooth implementation of the home-grown school feeding programme, which links local schools with local agricultural cooperatives.